MagaSwaga Potent Notables

Notable: >>6319710, >>6319716, >>6319725 Anon's FOIA doc dump on 1988 Franklin Credit Union (child prostitution) scandal

FOIA Alert

Some of you who have been here for awhile have seen my posts regarding Johnny Gosch, the Franklin Credit Union, and other related topics. I have found that the FBI is the most forthcoming and courteous of the agencies that process these requests. I encourage every anon to pick a topic and file a FOIA with them.

My latest request queued a massive amount of documents, adding to about $250 in processing fees. I do plan on claiming all of that data in short order, but did not have that amount of free funds at this time.

The team at FBI FOIA made a point to reach out to me via email and try to find a middle ground solution. I am passing those results onto you. There will be a total of three PDFs, including this one. This material was already preprocessed for another requester (shout out if you're here) and reduced the scope of my request to fit within the "free" limit of each request, which I believe is one disc/500 documents.

(((tl:dr: Franklin Credit Union docs inc)))

Notable: Over 1,000 migrants break out of southern Mexico detention center

APRIL 26, 2019 / 12:28 AM / UPDATED 2 HOURS AGO

Over 1,000 migrants break out of southern Mexico detention center

Photo: Migrants are seen inside a van after being recaptured near the Siglo XXI immigrant detention center after a large group of Cubans, Haitians and Central Americans broke out and escaped the facilities, in Tapachula, Mexico April 25, 2019.

Article: TAPACHULA (Reuters) - More than a thousand migrants broke out of a detention center in southern Mexico on Thursday evening, authorities said, in a fresh sign of how a surge in arrivals has stretched the country’s resources to the limit.

More than half of the roughly 1,300 migrants later returned to the Siglo XXI facility in the border city of Tapachula in Chiapas state, but about 600 are still unaccounted for, the National Migration Institute said in a statement.

MOAR: https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-immigration-mexico/over-1000-migrants-break-out-of-southern-mexico-detention-center-idUSKCN1S209B

Notable: >>6319533, >>6319637, >>6319789 Counter-terrorism officers are conducting "operational activity" in North Melbourne; man arrested outside Anglican Church

#BREAKING: Heavily-armed counter-terrorism officers are conducting "operational activity" in North Melbourne this afternoon. A Victoria Police spokesperson said there is "no current or impending threat to the community".

9:40 PM - 25 Apr 2019

https://twitter.com/abcmelbourne/status/1121635026016194560

Notable: >>6319646 DIGG on the overlap between SES & CFR

Keystone >> Senior Executive Service

What does the SES insignia symbolize?

The SES insignia or emblem represents a keystone – the center stone that holds all the stones of an arch in place.

This represents the critical role of the SES as a central coordinating point between Government's political leadership which sets the political agenda and the line workers who implement it.

Sauce

https://www.opm.gov/faqs/QA.aspx?fid=fcd37029-d607-4fec-a8d6-faecbdb08eef&pid=40caa6fb-5788-4da6-812e-aa0fe8937cd8

Notable: Anon on the "nasty business….transaction" mentioned in Hannity interview of POTUS

>>6319251

>>RR = ourguy

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>NO. Trump just said to Hannity that basically Mulleur is a POS.

>>6319263

>So why has he been there this entire time?

Mueller = Dirty = "CONFLICTED+NASTY+RUINING LIVES"

"HE ALSO WAS CONFLICTED…WE HAD A NASTY BUSINESS….TRANSACTION THE TWO OF US….CONFLICTED AT THE TOP."

Listen to 13:00 - 13:31 ALSO 11:54 - 15:00

HE ALSO WAS CONFLICTED

13:00

BECAUSE OF THE FACT THAT

13:01

COMEY AND HIM ARE BEST

13:03

FRIENDS.

13:03

SO, IF NOT BEST, VERY CLOSE

13:05

TO BEST.

13:06

BUT I WOULD SAY BEST

13:07

FRIENDS.

13:07

YOU LOOK AT PICTURES OF THE

13:08

TWO OF THEM IN THE PAST.

13:11

WE HAD A NASTY BUSINESS

13:14

TRANSACTION THE TWO OF US.

13:15

I HAVE A NASTY TRANSACTION

13:18

WITH HIM AND THEN ALL OF THE

13:19

SUDDEN HE IS MY PROSECUTOR.

13:21

VERY, VERY UNFAIR WITH ALL

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OF THAT AND $35 MILLION

13:27

SPENT.

13:27

THINK OF THAT OVER TWO YEARS

13:29

RUINING LIVES OF PEOPLE.

13:31

RUINING THEIR LIVES.

Notable: Dem Rep. Cicilline: Imprison WH officials who don't comply with Congressional subpoenas

Dem Rep. Cicilline: Imprison White House Officials That Don’t Comply with Congressional Subpoenas

Thursday on MSNBC’s “Hardball,” Rep. David Cicilline (D-RI), a member of the House Judiciary Committee, suggested imprisonment for officials in the Trump administration that did not comply with congressional subpoenas.

Cicilline argued there was a precedent for such action.

“First of all, Chris — Congress cannot allow the president to prevent us from oversight,” he said. “We have three things Congress can do if witnesses refuse to comply with a lawfully issued subpoena. One is, refer to the Department of Justice for prosecution because that’s a crime. We don’t have a lot of confidence Mr. Barr will do that. The second is to start a civil proceeding and get a citation from the court to bring that person into contempt and do it that way. But there’s a third method we can do right away. Since 1821, the Supreme Court has recognized the inherent right of Congress to hold individuals in contempt and to imprison them. That was reaffirmed in a case in 1935. Congress has the responsibility, and I would say the obligation to hold individuals in contempt who do not comply with a lawful subpoena who do not produce documents and we ought to be prepared to imprison them because we have the inherent right.”

https://www.breitbart.com/clips/2019/04/25/dem-rep-cicilline-imprison-white-house-officials-that-dont-comply-with-congressional-subpoenas/

Notable: >>6319484 Fiery multi-vehicle crash in Colorado (12 cars, 3 semi's)

I just saw the story about the crazy truck crash on 1 70 in Denver.

They have a video of the truck hauling ass past other cars( seems like it was on purpose.)

Multiple people are killed' and 10 injured in a fiery crash on a Colorado interstate after a big rig careened into a school bus, three trucks and 12 cars before exploding in a huge fireball

A traffic crash on Interstate 70 near Denver on Thursday afternoon left multiple people dead

Crash involved 12 cars and three semis - at least six people were taken to hospital with a number of fatalities

A preliminary investigation suggests the driver lost control of the semi-truck, resulting in explosions and a fire as several vehicles were hit

YouTuber captured the speeding big rig moments before the crash as the truck sped down the shoulder

The crash occurred near a bridge overpass which was damaged in the blaze - engineers have now been called in to check on its stability and resurfaced the road which began to melt under the scorching temperatures

Interstate is still shut down in bother directions while the cleanup and an accident investigation takes place

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-6961941/Fiery-multi-vehicle-crash-Colorado-claims-1-life.html

Notable: Dad calling gender-confused daughter a girl and not a boy constitutes ‘family violence,’ BC judge rules

Dad calling gender-confused daughter a girl and not a boy constitutes ‘family violence,’ BC judge rules

VANCOUVER, British Columbia, April 25, 2019 (LifeSiteNews) — A Canadian judge found a father guilty of “family violence” for publicly and privately referring to his 14-year-old daughter — who identifies as a boy — as a girl.

British Columbia Supreme Court Justice Francesca Marzari also issued a yearlong restraining order forbidding the father from speaking publicly and to reporters about his legal action to stop his daughter, referred to in court documents as AB, receiving testosterone shots against his wishes, reported the The Federalist.

Marzari further forbade the father from referring to his daughter as a girl, either directly to her or to third parties, from using “her birth name,” and from “attempting to persuade” his daughter “to abandon treatment for gender dysphoria.”

The father’s “expressions of rejection of AB’s gender identity, both publicly and privately, constitutes family violence against AB,” she wrote in her April 15 ruling.

The father argued that he had a right as a parent to express what he believed to his daughter and “the world at large,” Marzari wrote.

But his “rights do not include harming his child.”

Marzari’s order is the latest blow against British Columbia father, referred in court documents as CD, in his legal battle to stop his troubled daughter’s transition. CD is separated from AB’s mother, and they share joint custody of the teenager.

Justice Gregory Bowden ruled in February that AB did not need her father’s consent to begin testosterone shots and that not affirming AB in her chosen gender was “family violence.”

AB has received “regular injections at British Columbia (BC) Children’s Hospital over the course of the last two months,” The Federalist reported.

CD appealed the decision and continued to refer to his daughter as a girl in media interviews, including telling The Federalist he does so “because she is a girl. Her DNA will not change through all these experiments that they do.” CD did likewise in interviews with Kari Simpson of the BC parents’ rights group Culture Guard.

As a result, AB’s lawyers — who notably include longtime “queer” activist Barbara Findlay — asked the court for a restraining order against CD, alleging his conduct was putting AB at risk.

As evidence against her father, AB recounted that during one visit, CD sat her down to watch a video about “Maxine” — a pseudonym publications use to refer to her — and she refused.

The teen also alleged her father “was unable to call AB by his chosen name or gender, and the visit ended prematurely and badly,” Marzari wrote.

For his part, AB’s father argued “others have pressured and co-opted” his daughter, so that “AB is not speaking for himself,” the judge wrote in her ruling.

https://www.lifesitenews.com/news/dad-calling-gender-confused-daughter-a-girl-and-not-a-boy-constitutes-family-violence-bc-judge-rules

Notable: Leader of self-styled U.S. citizen border patrol attacked in jail

Leader of self-styled U.S. citizen border patrol attacked in jail

The leader of an armed militia that spent two months rounding up migrants at the U.S.-Mexico border before he was arrested on federal weapons charges was hospitalized after a jailhouse attack, his lawyer and authorities said on Wednesday.

Larry Hopkins, 69, whose group of self-styled citizen border cops drew condemnation from civil liberties advocates, suffered broken ribs in the beating by fellow inmates on Tuesday at the Dona Ana County Detention Center in Las Cruces, New Mexico, according to his attorney, Kelly O'Connell.

Hopkins was arrested on Saturday by the FBI on an outstanding warrant accusing him of being a felon in illegal possession of firearms, a charge dating back to a 2017 search of his home.

The detention facility, about 200 miles south of Albuquerque, confirmed that Hopkins was "the alleged victim" of a Tuesday night attack and said the incident was under investigation.

"Hopkins was given medical attention for non life-threatening injuries," county spokeswoman Kelly Jameson said in an email. She later told Reuters that Hopkins had been transferred from the jail on Wednesday and turned over to the U.S. Marshals Service.

She said Hopkins was beaten by three other inmates in the jail's television viewing room, and no weapons were found. Jameson said she had no information on what precipitated the violence.

The attack occurred the same day that Hopkins' United Constitutional Patriots group abandoned its encampment in Sunland Park, New Mexico, where they had spent two months patrolling a 5-mile stretch of the border and said they detained thousands of migrants they caught trying to cross into the United States.

The American Civil Liberties Union last week denounced the UCP as group of "fascist" vigilantes impersonating law enforcement to essentially kidnap Central American families seeking asylum.

New Mexico Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham, a Democrat, ordered an investigation of the group. UCP members insisted they were acting at the behest of U.S. Border Patrol agents.

O'Connell, who said on Wednesday he had spoken with Hopkins by phone, questioned the jail's ability to protect a "very high-profile" inmate, but said he did not know why Hopkins was targeted. A UCP spokesman, Jim Benvie, said he believed it was because of Hopkins' activity at the border.

http://www.womensystems.com/2019/04/leader-of-self-styled-us-citizen-border.html

Notable: Possible link between FB getting hacked & Obama "I spy" photo??

February 15, 2013

1. Facebook waited a month to admit they were hacked.

2. Obama posts the "I spy…" photo.

Coincidence?

Notable: Twitter recruits users in battle against election manipulation

Twitter recruits users in battle against election manipulation

Twitter is adding a feature that will help users identify misleading election content as the 2020 presidential campaign heats up in the U.S. The tool will let Twitter users flag tweets containing inaccurate information about how to vote or register to vote, voting requirements, and the dates or times of elections, the San Francisco-based company said Wednesday. “Voting is a fundamental human right, and the public conversation occurring on Twitter is never more important than during elections,” the company said. “Any attempts to undermine the process of registering to vote or engaging in the electoral process is contrary to our company’s core values.”

Twitter was among the social media platforms, along with Facebook and YouTube, used by Russian actors to spread divisive and erroneous messages to influence the 2016 presidential election. Since the intelligence community revealed the extent of Russia’s interference and the role social media companies played, they have been under pressure to enact safeguards. Facebook responded by displaying the identity and location of advertisers last year, a move intended to help users discern partisan or ulterior motives and assess credibility, and has focused on implementing artificial intelligence capabilities that take down fake accounts.

The new reporting tool from Twitter became available in India on Thursday in time for the general election there, which runs through May 19, and will be operational in the European Union on Monday, before its parliamentary elections in May. Twitter plans to roll the tool out globally through the remainder of the year.

In addition to criticism about Kremlin manipulation, social media companies have come under fire for their efforts to remove hate speech and misinformation. President Trump and conservatives have accused the firms, many based in Democratic-leaning Silicon Valley, of using content management as an excuse for censoring conservative voices. Trump, who is particularly active on Twitter with nearly 60 million followers, met with its CEO Jack Dorsey on Tuesday, before which he accused the company of treating him poorly “as a Republican” and playing “political games.” During the meeting, the president said he and Dorsey discussed “lots of subjects” regarding Twitter and “the world of social media in general.”

https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/policy/technology/twitter-recruits-users-in-battle-against-election-manipulation

Notable: ‘We are at war’ with Russia: DNC Chair Perez says Trump is ‘compromised’

‘We are at war’ with Russia: DNC Chair Perez says Trump is ‘compromised’

Democratic National Committee Chair Tom Perez went on CNN to declare cyber war on Russia, and slammed President Donald Trump for being ‘compromised.’

“The federal government is asleep at the switch,” Perez told CNN’s Alisyn Camerota on her show New Day, adding that the president was disloyal to the country for “weaponizing” hacked material.

“When the Russians called Donald Trump and said ‘I got dirt on Hillary Clinton,’ they should have called the authorities,” Perez said, apparently referring to the Trump Tower meeting between Donald Trump Jr. and Russian lawyer Natalia Veselnitskaya. “Instead they said ‘tell us what you got.’That’s not right.”

Back in 2016, however, the DNC had no qualms about relying on a foreign intelligence officer, Christopher Steele, to dig up dirt on then-candidate Donald Trump from various informants and ‘weaponize’ it in preparation for the presidential election. Steele later admitted sourcing his info from unverified internet sources – but not before it catalyzed two years of ‘Russiagate’ conspiracy theories and a costly Special Counsel investigation that ultimately found no collusion between Trump and Russia.

Veselnitskaya, interestingly, met with Fusion GPS founder Glenn Simpson on both the days before and after her meeting with Donald Trump Jr. Fusion GPS is the research firm that paid for Christopher Steele’s kompromat job on Trump.

https://www.rt.com/usa/457570-war-russia-trump-compromat/

Full retard

Notable: Abrams calls to ‘imagine’ Venezuela with billions of dollars from US and without Maduro

Abrams calls to ‘imagine’ Venezuela with billions of dollars from US and without Maduro

US Special Representative to Venezuela Elliott Abrams called for the removal of Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro from power, and said tens of billions in foreign investment could pour into the country as a result of his ouster.

“In the future, billions of dollars will be invested in Venezuela to rebuild the agricultural and industrial sectors," Abrams said in a keynote address to the Atlantic Council, but added the process “can only start when there is a fully inclusive government that represents all Venezuelans.”

“What is stopping the beginning of rebuilding and reconciliation? Some questions are hard; that one is easy. The short answer is: Nicolas Maduro.”

Abrams dug deep and gave his best John Lennon impression, asking his audience to “imagine” a free and prosperous Venezuela with clean water, enough food and a stable currency.

An international coalition – 50 countries by Abrams’ count – has thrown support behind opposition leader Juan Guaidó, who declared himself interim president in January and soon after made overtures to US military intervention in the country. Abrams told the Council that Guaido has a vision for Venezuela “where liberty reigns.”

Abrams called for a three-pronged approach, dealing with a political transition, the role of the military in governance and turning around the country’s economy. Maduro’s removal from power and improvements to the economy “will not be an easy or quick project, but yes it is possible,” he said. Humanitarian aid sits at the country’s borders “ready to flow,” Abrams added, slamming leaders of the ruling socialist PSUV party for living in luxury while average citizens suffer a failing economy, a situation he called “unacceptable.”

Washington last year imposed a round of sanctions on Venezuela, cutting the country off from the American financial system and making its economic situation all the more dire.

https://www.rt.com/news/457565-abrams-imagine-venezuela-maduro/

This is getting fucking weird

Notable: PayPal to invest $500 million in Uber: Refinitiv IFR

PayPal to invest $500 million in Uber: Refinitiv IFR

(Reuters) - Online payments company PayPal Holdings Inc plans to invest $500 million in Uber Technologies Inc as the ride-hailing firm readies to unveil terms for its initial public offering on Friday, Refinitiv IFR reported.

PayPal will invest in Uber through a concurrent private placement at the IPO price, IFR reported on Thursday, citing sources.

A financial services component is important to Uber as it works to expand into a “superapp” of logistics and transportation services.

Superapps are applications where customers go for a range of services, such as transportation, shopping and payments. Such companies can be much more lucrative than those that offer just one core business or service.

Uber is expected to tell investors it will seek to be valued at between $80 billion and $90 billion, according to people familiar with the matter.

The valuation sought is less than the $120 billion valuation that investment bankers told Uber last year it could fetch, and closer to the $76 billion valuation it attained in its last private fundraising round last year.

Uber and PayPal were not immediately available to comment on the IFR report.

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-uber-ipo-paypal/paypal-to-invest-500-million-in-uber-refinitiv-ifr-idUSKCN1S20BB?il=0

Notable: Rosenstein hits at Obama for hiding that Russian trolls were infiltrating 2016 election

Rosenstein hits at Obama for hiding that Russian trolls were infiltrating 2016 election

Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein, who appointed special counsel Robert Mueller to investigate Russian election meddling, had a few things to say about the way it started. Starting with the Obama administration. "The previous Administration chose not to publicize the full story about Russian computer hackers and social media trolls, and how they relate to a broader strategy to undermine America," he said.

Rosenstein punched back at critics during a speech at the Armenian Bar Association’s Public Servants Dinner in New York City on Thursday, where he defended the Department of Justice's handling of the investigation and his role in it. "There was overwhelming evidence that Russian operatives hacked American computers and defrauded American citizens, and that is only the tip of the iceberg of a comprehensive Russian strategy to influence elections, promote social discord, and undermine America, just like they do in many other countries," he said.

But it wasn't for the DOJ to make an ultimate finding. "I did pledge to do it right and take it to the appropriate conclusion. I did not promise to report all results to the public, because grand jury investigations are ex parte proceedings. It is not our job to render conclusive factual findings. We just decide whether it is appropriate to file criminal charges," he said.

The Justice Department came under fire from critics following the release of the 448-page Mueller report. A four-page summary by Attorney General William Barr that determined that while Russia had interfered in the 2016 presidential election, the Trump campaign did not collude with the effort. While Mueller said did not draw a conclusion about whether President Trump obstructed justice, saying the report "also does not exonerate him,” Barr and Rosenstein concluded there was not sufficient evidence to determine whether Trump did so.

https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/rod-rosenstein-hits-at-barack-obama-for-hiding-russian-trolls-were-infiltrating-2016-election

Deputy Attorney General Rod J. Rosenstein Delivers Remarks at the Armenian Bar Association’s Public Servants Dinner

https://www.justice.gov/opa/speech/deputy-attorney-general-rod-j-rosenstein-delivers-remarks-armenian-bar-association-s

Notable: Texas mayor Richard Molina charged with election fraud, illegal voting

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2019/04/25/texas-mayor-richard-molina-arrested-charged-voter-fraud/3581818002/

Notable: >>6319355 @Jack to Ilhan Omar: Twitter won’t remove Trump tweet that sparked death threats

https://www.huffpost.com/entry/twitter-jack-dorsey-ilhan-omar-trump-tweet_n_5cc26f3ce4b05f4d35fdf3ed

Notable: Old "Shutdown" graphic

>>6318896

does your fucking clock have this ?

Notable: >>6318865 Updated Countdown graphic

>>6315641 (pb)

>>6315711 (pb)

Missing 15 marker from past.

15 days ago was on the 60 day marker in Q's "The Countdown Has Begun" post.

On this day, Q posted "PANIC." and linked to Barr's testimony saying that "Spying Did Occur" on the Trump campaign.

https://8ch.net/qresearch/res/6121713.html#6121936

Added to the Countdown image attached.

Original Q post:

https://8ch.net/qresearch/res/5101045.html#5101092

Notable: >>6319029 US Army is ready to fight

The #USArmy is ready to fight.

#Avengers #Endgame

twitter.com/USArmy/status/1121626265213997058

Notable: BREAKING: FBI Texts Show Agents Discussed Recruiting White House Sources To Spy For Bureau

BREAKING: FBI Texts Show Agents Discussed Recruiting White House Sources To Spy For Bureau

Senior Republican chairmen submitted a letter Thursday to Department of Justice Attorney General William Barr revealing new texts from former FBI Special Agent Peter Strzok to his paramour FBI Attorney Lisa Page showing the pair had discussed attempts to recruit sources within the White House to allegedly spy on the Trump administration. Senate Appropriations Committee Chairman Charles Grassley and Senate Homeland Security Committee Chairman Ron Johnson revealed the information in a three page letter. The texts had been obtained by SaraACarter.com Tuesday and information regarding the possible attempt to recruit White House sources had been divulged by several sources to this news site last week.

The texts and sources reveal that Strzok had one significant contact within the White House – Vice President Mike Pence’s Chief of Staff Joshua Pitcock, whose wife was working as an analyst for Strzok on the FBI’s investigation into Hillary Clinton’s use of a private server. A senior White House official told this news site that Pitcock’s wife recused herself from the Clinton investigation as soon as Pence and Trump became the Republican nominees in July 2016. A senior law enforcement official also told SaraACarter.com that Pitcock’s wife no longer worked under Strzok after she recused herself from the Clinton investigation. However, the text messages uncovered from November, 2016 and have left questions lingering about the relationship between Strzok, Pitcock and his wife among congressional investigators and lawmakers. “The course of our oversight work we have reviewed certain text messages that may show potential attempts by the FBI to conduct surveillance of President-elect Trump’s transition team,” the letter states. “In text messages exchanged between former FBI Special Agent Peter Strzok and former FBI Attorney Lisa Page, the two discussed the possibility of developing “potential relationships” at a November 2016 FBI briefing for presidential transition team staff. Specifically, it appears they discussed sending “the CI guy” to assess an unnamed person ‘demeanor’ but were concerned because it might be unusual for him to attend.” The Senators are investigating if any “of these communications, and the precise purpose of any attempts to ‘develop relationships’ with Trump or VP Mike Pence transition team staff are not immediately clear.”

“Were these efforts done to gain better communication between the respective parties, or were the briefings used as intelligence gathering operations? Further, did any such surveillance activities continue beyond the inauguration, and in the event they did, were those activities subject to proper predication,” the letter states. “Any improper FBI surveillance activities that were conducted before or after the 2016 election must be brought to light and properly addressed.”

https://saraacarter.com/breaking-fbi-texts-show-agents-discussed-recruiting-white-house-sources-to-spy-for-bureau/

Notable: Reminder: The long friendship between Mueller and Comey (2017)

‘Brothers in arms’: The long friendship between Mueller and Comey

The two men’s working relationship can be traced back to at least December of 2003, when Comey joined Mueller in Washington after he became John Ashcroft’s deputy attorney general, according to a 2013 Washingtonian article about the two men’s long0standing relationship.

“He and Mueller spent many hours together, developing a close partnership — and watching together the disarray in the government over how to respond to the unfolding war on terror,” Washingtonian notes. “They shared a horror at the poor quality information infiltrating the upper reaches of government.”

Their relationship was made stronger during an incident in 2004. At the time, the Los Angeles Times reported, Comey, Mueller and a number of other law enforcement officials were on the verge of resigning in opposition to a Bush administration plan to reauthorize a domestic surveillance program that was launched after the terror attacks of 9/11. President Bush eventually agreed to modify the secret program after both men jointly intervened — an experience that is suspected to have drawn them even closer.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2017/live-updates/trump-white-house/trump-comey-and-russia-how-key-washington-players-are-reacting/brothers-in-arms-the-long-friendship-between-mueller-and-comey/?noredirect=on&utm_term=.98904af304ae

Notable: Side by side on the Explosion at Tata Steel in the U.K. tonight

Explosion at Tata Steel in the U.K. tonight

Coincidentally, the delta of Q's two drops tonight leads to drop #850 that says, "Why is STEEL so important"

Notable: FBI Top Brass placed spies in the Trump campaign - Will they go to jail?

Best analysis ever, especially considering the SOURCE, I hope they are wrong in their conclusions.

SOURCE

https://russia-insider.com/en/fbi-top-brass-placed-spies-trump-campaign-will-they-go-jail/ri26863

FBI Top Brass placed spies in the Trump campaign - Will they go to jail?

Did the FBI spy on the Trump campaign?

Yes

Did the FBI place spies in the Trump campaign?

Yes

Do we know the names of the spies and how they operated?

Yes

Were the spies trying to entrap Trump campaign assistants in order to gather information on Trump?

Yes

Did the spies try to elicit information from Trump campaign assistants in order to justify a wider investigation and more extensive surveillance?

Yes

Were the spies placed in the Trump campaign based on improperly obtained FISA warrants?

Yes

Did the FBI agents procure these warrants based on false or misleading information?

Yes

Could the FBI establish “probable cause” that Trump had committed a crime or “colluded” with Russia?

No

So the ‘spying’ was illegal?

Yes

Have many of the people who authorized the spying, already been identified in criminal referrals presented to the Department of Justice?

Yes

Have the media explained the importance of these criminal referrals or the impact that spying has on free elections?

No

Is the DOJ’s Inspector General currently investigating whether senior-level agents in the FBI committed crimes by improperly obtaining warrants to spy on members of the Trump team?

Yes

Did the FBI spy on the Trump campaign to give Hillary Clinton an unfair advantage in the presidential race?

Yes

Did the FBI spy on the Trump campaign to gather incriminating information on Trump that could be used to blackmail, intimidate or impeach him in the future?

Yes

Does spying pose a threat to our elections and to our democracy?

Yes

Do many people know that there were spies placed in the Trump campaign?

Yes

Have these people effectively used that information to their advantage?

No

Have they launched any type of public relations offensive that would draw more attention to the critical issue of spying on a political campaign?

No

Have they saturated the airwaves with the truth about “spying” the same way their rivals have spread their disinformation about “collusion”?

No

Do they understand that the country is currently embroiled in a fratricidal, scorched earth political civil war in which one side is determined to prevail at all cost?

No

Do they understand that the people who authorized the spying and who perpetrated the coup will do everything in their power to prevent that information from getting out?

No

Does it look like senior-level agents at the FBI, the CIA, the DOJ, the NSA and the Obama White House knew that there were spies in the Trump campaign?

Yes

Did these same senior-level agents at the FBI, the CIA, the DOJ, the NSA and the Obama White House cooperate in a plan to undermine and delegitimize the Trump presidency?

Yes

Did they use false or misleading information to infer the president was an agent of a foreign power?

Yes

Did they know this false and misleading information was unreliable, unverified raw intelligence that was paid for by the DNC and Hillary Clinton?

Yes

Was there a conspiracy to remove Trump from office or to sabotage his presidency through the dissemination of false information?

Yes

Does the use of spies, wiretapping, “unmasking”, strategically-leaked information to the media, and other forms of electronic surveillance suggest that there are organized elements within the permanent bureaucracy which no longer accept the democratic process?

Yes

Is it fair to say that these people are the enemies of free elections?

Yes

Is it possible for patriotic officials in the Justice Department and in the U.S. Congress to stand up to this powerful deep state apparatus, expose what happened during the 2016 presidential campaign, identify the perpetrators, and bring them to justice?

It is possible, but not likely.

Notable: >>6318505, >>6318473, >>6318480, >>6318559 Reports of explosions at the Port Talbot Tata Steel site in the U.K.

https://twitter.com/TataSteelEurope/status/1121618123432415235

Notable: >>6318755 Mueller Report Reveals Russia Taped Bill Clinton Having Phone Sex With Monica Lewinsky

https://www.zerohedge.com/news/2019-04-25/russia-taped-bill-clinton-having-phone-sex-monica-lewinsky-report

Dang..if true!

Notable: Anon: OIG Report may destroy Creepy Joe and son's Ukraine dealings

OIG report may destroy Creepy Joe Biden and his (and son's) dealings in Ukraine.

Robert Storch was confirmed as the NSA IG and had been posted overseas for two years as a Department of Justice Resident Legal Advisor in Ukraine

HUBER >> HOROWITZ >> STORCH

US ATTORNEY (PROSECUTOR) >> DOJ/FBI INSPECTOR GENERAL (INVESTIGATOR) >> SIGNALS INTELLIGENCE (SIGINT) AND INFORMATION ASSURANCE (IA) PRODUCTS AND SERVICES

Notable: Article POTUS referenced tonight, the NoName "iconic thumbs-down vote" (WaCompost)

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2018/08/27/iconic-thumbs-down-vote-that-summed-up-john-mccains-career/?noredirect=on&utm_term=.c7f1ca4fb8d9

Analysis | The iconic thumbs-down vote that summed up John McCain’s career

ARticle POTUS referenced on Hannity tonight.

Notable: >>6317251 John Solomon re Sara Carter FBI texts article

>>6317251

>John Solomon re Sara Carter Article

2/2

Notable: Los Angeles universities quarantine students over measles outbreak (NYPost)

Los Angeles universities quarantine students over measles outbreak

“Dozens of people at UCLA & Cal Stat, in Los Angeles have been quarantined due to the recent nationwide measles outbreak”

https://nypost.com/2019/04/25/los-angeles-universities-quarantine-students-over-measles-outbreak/

Notable: "It'll all be declassified" DJT on Hannity (@45_Schedule)

https://twitter.com/45_Schedule/status/1121590768450396161

Notable: Reminder that Adam Schiff also has some sketchy ties to the Ukraine & Arms dealer Igor Pasternak

Reminder that Adam Schiff also has some sketchy ties to the Ukraine and Ukrainian Arms dealer Igor Pasternak.

http://politicalpartytime.org/party/34974/

Notable: RR Delivers Remarks at the Armenian Bar Association's Public Servants Dinner (Justice.gov)

Late night twat from the justice department

[RR]

Deputy Attorney General Rod J. Rosenstein Delivers Remarks at the Armenian Bar Association's Public Servants Dinner

https://www.justice.gov/opa/speech/deputy-attorney-general-rod-j-rosenstein-delivers-remarks-armenian-bar-association-s

Notable: Did Q confirm 11.11 Marker? Punisher Skull delta 11 months, 11 days

DID Q CONFIRM 11.11 MARKER ON 4/24/19?

DOES THIS MARKER LEAD TO 5:5 0N 5/5/19?

Q post 4/24/19 was a Punisher image.

Q post 5/14/18 was exact same Punisher image.

Gap between posts was 11 months & 11 days.

This is a possible reference to 11.11 as a marker.

Are there any other clues to confirm? Yes.

Q post on 5/13/18 was all about 11.11 as a marker.

Exactly one day before first Punisher image.

What are the odds? 11.11 post then 11.11 time gap.

But there are more clues that point to marker.

And even potentially point to 5:5 = 11:11 HRC.

Here's how…

Assume 4/24/19 = Zero Day Marker for 11.11.

Assume 11:11 (colon) is a date & 11.11 (dot) is a marker.

(Just like 11:11:18 was the POTUS/PUTIN summit).

Therefore assume 5:5 is a date and not a marker.

Let's compute next 11 days where 4/24/19 = (+0) Days.

— Wed 4/24/19 = 11.0 = (+0)

— Thu 4/25/19 = 11.1 = (+1)

— Fri 4/26/19 = 11.2 = (+2)

— Sat 4/27/19 = 11.3 = (+3)

- (Q post 25 proof to begin 11.3)

- (TrueEyeTheSpy Twitter header = 27th)

- (IG Report drop date possible?)

- (Leads to Podesta indictment 11.3?)

— Sun 4/28/19 = 11.4 = (+4)

- (Podesta indictment actionable 11.4?)

— Mon 4/29/19 = 11.5 = (+5)

— Tue 4/30/19 = 11.6 = (+6)

- (Leads to Huma indicted 11.6?)

— Wed 5/1/19 = 11.7 = (+7)

- (AG Barr testimony to SJC)

— Thu 5/2/19 = 11.8 = (+8)

- (AG Barr testimony to HJC)

— Fri 5/3/19 = 11.9 = (+9)

- (Suicide weekend possible?)

— Sat 5/4/19 = 11.10 = (+10)

- (5/4 is a mirror for 4/5 = D5)

- (5/4/18 was day Adm. Rogers resigned)

- (5/4/18 was when TrueEye Twitter started?)

— Sun 5/5/19 = 11.11 = (+11)

- (5/5 is a possible reference to 5:5 (notice colon))

- (If 5/5 = 5:5 and = 11:11 = then America Unified)

- (What unifies us? HRC arrest possibility?)

Loud and clear.

April showers

Bring May flowers.

Future proves past.

We'll see.

You decide.

Notable: Did 2 people hear the phone call between VJ and AS?

>>6316621

Did 2 people hear the phone call between VJ and AS? No person shall be convicted of treason without 2 witnesses to the same overt act. Does QPost #669 tell us that 2 people were listening to them?

Notable: Bill aims to speed up Notre Dame restoration (the-japan-news)

Bill aims to speed up Notre Dame restoration

PARIS (AP) — France’s government has presented a bill aimed at speeding up the reconstruction of Notre Dame Cathedral and providing transparency on how huge amounts of donation money for the restoration will be spent.

The bill detailed Wednesday in a weekly Cabinet meeting will allow the government to pass emergency orders regarding Notre Dame and to skip some ordinary renovation procedures. France has very strict, long processes when it comes to renovations of historic monuments.

Still, the measure is sensitive, since some architects and heritage experts have expressed concerns about the quality of the work to be done.

French President Emmanuel Macron has set a goal of rebuilding the cathedral in just five years —which some experts consider simply impossible to reach.

The Notre Dame reconstruction is prompting widespread debate across France, with differing views over whether it should involve new technologies and designs.

Government spokeswoman Sibeth Ndiaye said the government will focus on “respecting heritage.”

The bill also gives a legal framework for the national funding campaign that will help finance the reconstruction and should ensure transparency about how money will be used.

The bill will go to parliament in the coming weeks.

In other renovation news Wednesday, an expert said that Notre Dame’s massive 8,000-pipe organ has escaped undamaged from the flames that engulfed the building on April 15.

Pascal Quoirin, a specialist who restored Notre Dame’s organ in 2017, has checked the instrument and says it did not suffer any damage in the blaze that destroyed most of the cathedral’s roof.

“After two hours spent examining the instrumental part, I did not notice any damage that could have been caused by the fire,” he said.

According to Quoirin, the thermometer inside the organ showed that temperatures inside the instrument did not rise above 17 C on the day of the fire, ensuring no damage to its electronic components or pipes.

Quoirin has recommended protecting the famous instrument with a waterproof case, dusting it and playing it regularly during the restoration work.

http://the-japan-news.com/news/article/0005698246

Notable: Archaic definition [Renegade]: Christian turned Muslim!

>>6316088

The archaic form is even better.

Notable: Hussein Renegade article from 2007

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/06/16/AR2007061601079.html?hpid=topnews

>>6316455

>>6316088

Notable: Oopsie: AOC refers to a Democrat as a Republican in twitter rant (NYPost)

AOC opens mouth and inserts foot once again.

Ocasio-Cortez ID’s Democrat lawmaker as Republican in Twatter rant

https://nypost.com/2019/04/25/ocasio-cortez-ids-democrat-lawmaker-as-republican-in-tweet/

Notable: >>6316543 DJT on Hannity: Information is coming out fast

coming out fast

Notable: >>6316265 DJT on Hannity: Anthony Weiner mentioned

>>6316121

>>6316051

also

WIENER MENTIONED !!!!!!!!

Notable: Previous "Renegade" Drops

>>6316088

Notable: Screencaps from POTUS on Hannity

>>6316051

Notable: >>6315494 Rachel Chandler Guinness, -Guinness dig, ID 494cfe cont's dig throughout bread

>>6315494

sorry the fifth image in this post mentions the name "Guinness".

++++

Rachel Chandler Guinness; James Rothschild's mom is called Anita Patience Guinness. James is married to Paris Hilton's sister….Ray Chandler is a Rothschild.

++++

There is another Guinness I came across recently whilst going over a dig I did last summer on Jeanine Pepler but I never really dug past Anna Rothschild.

second image at the back, play-hiding

Notable: Follow the wives. Looks like Pences Chief of Staff is about to be implicated in the coup.

Follow the wives. Looks like Pences Chief of Staff is about to be implicated in the coup.

https://saraacarter.com/breaking-fbi-texts-show-agents-discussed-recruiting-white-house-sources-to-spy-for-bureau/

Notable: >>6315435 USMarines - civil defense, riot control training on USS John P. Murtha

Wall of Steel Sgt. Alexander Anninos with Battalion Landing Team 3/5, @11thMEU, kicks a riot shield during civil defense, riot control training aboard the San Antonio-class amphibious transport dock ship USS John P. Murtha.

https://twitter.com/USMC/status/1121564548710924288

5:00 PM - 25 Apr 2019

Notable: >>6315287 FBI Texts Show Agents Discussed Recruiting WH Sources To Spy for Bureau

FBI Texts Show Agents Discussed Recruiting White House Sources To Spy For Bureau

Senior Republican chairmen submitted a letter Thursday to Department of Justice Attorney General William Barr revealing new texts from former FBI Special Agent Peter Strzok to his paramour FBI Attorney Lisa Page showing the pair had discussed attempts to recruit sources within the White House to allegedly spy on the Trump administration.

Senate Appropriations Committee Chairman Charles Grassley and Senate Homeland Security Committee Chairman Ron Johnson revealed the information in a three page letter. The texts had been obtained by SaraACarter.com Tuesday and information regarding the possible attempt to recruit White House sources had been divulged by several sources to this news site last week.

The texts and sources reveal that Strzok had one significant contact within the White House – Vice President Mike Pence’s Chief of Staff Joshua Pitcock, whose wife was working as an analyst for Strzok on the FBI’s investigation into Hillary Clinton’s use of a private server. A senior White House official told this news site that Pitcock’s wife recused herself from the Clinton investigation as soon as Pence and Trump became the Republican nominees in July 2016. A senior law enforcement official also told SaraACarter.com that Pitcock’s wife no longer worked under Strzok after she recused herself from the Clinton investigation.

However, the text messages uncovered from November, 2016 and have left questions lingering about the relationship between Strzok, Pitcock and his wife among congressional investigators and lawmakers.

“The course of our oversight work we have reviewed certain text messages that may show potential attempts by the FBI to conduct surveillance of President-elect Trump’s transition team,” the letter states. “In text messages exchanged between former FBI Special Agent Peter Strzok and former FBI Attorney Lisa Page, the two discussed the possibility of developing “potential relationships” at a November 2016 FBI briefing for presidential transition team staff. Specifically, it appears they discussed sending “the CI guy” to assess an unnamed person ‘demeanor’ but were concerned because it might be unusual for him to attend.”

The Senators are investigating if any “of these communications, and the precise purpose of any attempts to ‘develop relationships’ with Trump or VP Mike Pence transition team staff are not immediately clear.”

https://saraacarter.com/breaking-fbi-texts-show-agents-discussed-recruiting-white-house-sources-to-spy-for-bureau/

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Notable: 'Bombshell' report on James Comey coming in two weeks, Joe diGenova says.

Oooh word is starting to spread:

Washington Examiner

'Bombshell' report on James Comey coming in two weeks, Joe diGenova says

https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/bombshell-report-on-james-comey-coming-in-two-weeks-joe-digenova-says

Notable: Southern Border: CBP Seized $728,000 in Fentanyl at Juarez-Lincoln Bridge.

Southern Border: CBP Seized $728,000 in Fentanyl at Juarez-Lincoln Bridge

https://saraacarter.com/southern-border-cbp-seized-728000-in-fentanyl-at-juarez-lincoln-bridge/

Notable: 47 suspects charged in investigation called, “Operation Meth Death Peddlers.” Nine were in the country illegally.

47 suspects charged in investigation called, “Operation Meth Death Peddlers.” nine were in the country illegally.

“Polk County, FL sheriff on border crisis after major drug bust: ‘It makes me absolutely crazy’”

50 pounds of methamphetamine with a street value of $1.4 million were seized.

https://www.foxnews.com/us/florida-sheriff-on-border-crisis-after-major-drug-bust-it-makes-me-absolutely-crazy

Notable: Ammonia leak in Chicago sends 37 to hospitals, including firefighters, law enforcement responders.

Spoopy alert.

Ammonia leak in Chicago sends 37 to hospitals, including firefighters, law enforcement responders

“According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, anhydrous ammonia is a colorless gas that can cause breathing difficulties, burns, blisters and is fatal if breathed in high concentrations. Farmers use it to add nitrogen to soil.”

https://www.foxnews.com/us/ammonia-leak-in-chicago-suburb-sends-37-to-hospitals-including-firefighters-law-enforcement

Notable: Tony Blair pleads for EU referendum re-run so people can ‘reach the right conclusion’.

>>6314656

Breitbart London @BreitbartLondon

Tony Blair Pleads for EU Referendum Re-run So People Can ‘Reach the Right Conclusion’ https://www.breitbart.com/europe/2019/04/15/tony-blair-pleads-eu-referendum-re-run-people-reach-right-conclusion/ …

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11:09 AM - Apr 15, 2019

Notable: JW sues for payment information between FBI and CS.

@JudicialWatch

JW announced that it filed a FOIA lawsuit against the DOJ for records of communications and payments between the FBI & former British intelligence officer Christopher Steele and his private firm, Orbis Business Intelligence.

https://twitter.com/JudicialWatch/status/1121519249002885122

Notable: Davos Brexit talks between Blair, Soros covered up by European Commission.

Claim: Davos Brexit Talks Between Blair, Soros Covered Up by European Commission

Information about talks between Tony Blair and George Soros have been redacted from official reports of Davos meetings published by the European Commission, it is alleged.

The conversations between former British prime minister and Iraq War architect Tony Blair, Hungarian-born billionaire plutocrat and open borders campaign funder George Soros, and a top EU Commissioner reportedly took place at the annual World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland.

The talks are said to have centred around a plan to prevent the United Kingdom leaving the European Union, EU Observer reports.

https://www.breitbart.com/europe/2019/04/25/claim-davos-brexit-talks-between-blair-soros-covered-up-by-european-commission/

Notable: Macron tells French to ‘work more’ while offering tax cuts to Yellow Vests.

Macron tells French to ‘work more’ while offering tax cuts to Yellow Vests

Published time: 25 Apr, 2019 20:26

https://www.rt.com/news/457561-macron-tax-reforms-protests/

Notable: Biden’s Presidential bid puts spotlight on Spygate scandal.

New post at

https://www.theepochtimes.com/

Biden’s Presidential Bid Puts Spotlight on Spygate Scandal

His running makes the Q of "What did Joe know?" about #SpyGate fair-game!

https://www.theepochtimes.com/bidens-presidential-bid-puts-spotlight-on-spygate-scandal_2894888.html

Notable: Qanon billboard in GA?

Friend anon just sent me this from NC

Forgive me if it has already been noted

Notable: Acting Defense Secretary Patrick Shanahan cleared in ethics probe.

Acting Defense Secretary Patrick Shanahan cleared in ethics probe

April 25 (UPI) – Acting Defense Secretary Patrick Shanahan has been cleared by the Pentagon's inspector general after an investigation into possible ethics violations involving ties to Boeing, his former employer. The Department of Defense's Inspector General's Office announced the decision Thursday after more than 30 witnesses, including Shanahan, were interviewed about allegations he violated ethics agreements by promoting the interests of Boeing and disparaged its competitors.

"We did not substantiate any of the allegations," the IG's office wrote in the 47-page report. "We determined that Mr. Shanahan fully complied with his ethics agreements and his ethical obligations regarding Boeing. We determined that Mr. Shanahan did not make the alleged comments and did not promote Boeing or disparage its competitors."

In February, an attorney with the Senate Committee on Armed Services forwarded an anonymous allegation to the Pentagon's Office of Inspector General that said Shanahan violated ethics rules by promoting Boeing. He allegedly tried to force the Marine Corps' commandant, Gen. Robert Neller, to buy Boeing F/A-18s, and threatened to cut other Air Force programs unless the Air Force Chief of Staff, General David Goldfein, supported buying Boeing F-15Xs. In March, Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics asked the inspector general to launch an investigation into whether Shanahan's actions violated his signed ethics agreement of no conflicts of interest with Boeing while at the Pentagon. "The Office of Inspector General took these allegations seriously, and our 43-page report of investigation, which we released today, describes our conclusions and the facts on which they are based," Glenn Fine, the IG official who oversaw the investigation, said in a statement obtained by CNN. "The evidence showed that Acting Secretary Shanahan fully complied with his ethical obligations and ethical agreements with regard to Boeing and its competitors." Shanahan "shared his aircraft industry experience as an industrial engineer and supply chain manager to highlight best practices, decrease costs, and increase performance for the DoD's benefit, not to promote Boeing or any specific aircraft," Instead, the report concluded that his comments "were directed at holding contractors accountable and saving the government money, consistent with his duties as Deputy Secretary of Defense." according the report.

Specifically, Shanahan did not "repeatedly dump" on Lockheed Martin's F-35 aircraft in meetings as alleged and did not pressure the Air Force to accept Boeing's KC-46 delivery. "While Mr. Shanahan did routinely refer to his prior industry experience in meetings, witnesses interpreted it, and told us, that he was doing it to describe his experience and to improve government management of DoD programs, rather than to promote Boeing or its products."

https://www.upi.com/Defense-News/2019/04/25/Acting-Defense-Secretary-Patrick-Shanahan-cleared-in-ethics-probe/6351556205099/

Notable: New John Solomon: How the Obama White House engaged Ukraine to give Russia collusion narrative an early boost.

New John Solomon

https://thehill.com/opinion/white-house/440730-how-the-obama-white-house-engaged-ukraine-to-give-russia-collusion

Notable: Public defender withdraws from Parkland shooter over life insurance payment.

Public defender withdraws from Parkland shooter over life insurance payment

April 25 (UPI) – Because confessed Parkland shooter Nikolas Cruz is entitled to $430,000 from a life insurance policy, he no longer needs a public defender, South Florida attorneys say. The Broward Public Defender's Office filed a notice late Wednesday with a request to withdraw from the case. Cruz's death penalty trial was set for next January but will now be delayed because of the request. Assistant public defender Gordon Weekes said, "We have to withdraw."

Cruz is charged with numerous counts of murder in the Parkland high school attack that killed 17 people in February 2018. Prosecutors are seeking the death penalty. Weekes said he'd been unaware of the insurance payment, and cannot represent Cruz because he's no longer indigent.

"My blood is boiling," Fred Guttenberg, whose daughter was killed in the attack, posted on Facebook. "This will only cause more delay. I am furiously mad right now." Cruz and his younger brother are entitled to a $864,929 policy from their mother, who died in November 2017. It's possible Cruz might not see any of the money because victims' families won a judgment against him in civil court. Even if he did receive the entire amount, experts say it might not be enough. "That money goes pretty fast," attorney David Bogenschutz said about the cost of a defense in capital cases.

https://www.upi.com/Top_News/US/2019/04/25/Public-defender-withdraws-from-Parkland-shooter-over-life-insurance-payment/4501556203119/

Notable: Tony Blair/HRC dig.

Bread # 8072 - For those interested in digging on the Tony Blair/HRC relationship I remembered seeing emails btwn those 2 in the DoS FOIA reading room. He uses "aclb" rather than "Tony Blair".

https://foia.state.gov/search/results.aspx?searchText=%22aclb%22&beginDate=&endDate=&publishedBeginDate=&publishedEndDate=&caseNumber=

Notable: Trump on Take Your Kids to Work Day: "Never take drugs, don't drink alcohol, don't smoke"

BEST. POTUS. EVER.

Trump on Take Your Kids to Work Day: "Never take drugs, don't drink alcohol, don't smoke"

http://hill.cm/vRvR27P

Notable: POTUS & VPOTUS at NRA Convention Tomorrow.

POTUS & VPOTUS at NRA Convention Tomorrow.

Notable: Trump Administration identifies 36 countries that fail to guard intellectual property, emphasizes China.

Trump Administration Identifies 36 Countries That Fail to Guard Intellectual Property, Emphasises China

The Trump administration placed three dozen countries on an annual list of trading partners that “present the most significant concerns” regarding the lack of intellectual property (IP) rights protections. Among the worst, placed on the “Priority Watch List,” are Algeria, Argentina, Chile, China, India, Indonesia, Kuwait, Russia, Saudi Arabia, Ukraine, and Venezuela, according to a 2019 report by the Office of the United States Trade Representative (USTR), an agency that represents the United States in foreign trade talks. “This Report provides an opportunity to call out foreign countries and expose the laws, policies, and practices that fail to provide adequate and effective IP protection and enforcement for U.S. inventors, creators, brands, manufacturers, and service providers,” states the report released April 25. IP theft costs the U.S. economy upward of $225 billion and as much as $600 billion a year in counterfeit goods, pirated software, and theft of trade secrets, according to the 2017 IP Commission Report prepared by the National Bureau of Asian Research, a Seattle-based think tank with strong ties to major U.S. corporations.

China While listing the issues of each of the 11 priority countries, the USTR report has a heavy emphasis on China, mentioning the country 154 times. Of the $500 billion or more in global imports of counterfeit and pirated goods in 2016, half came from China—two thirds if Hong Kong is included, according to estimations in the March report by the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development. Despite a government reorganization and proposed revisions to IP laws and regulations, “China failed to make fundamental structural changes to strengthen IP protection and enforcement,” the report stated.

China also is lacking in opening its market to foreign investment, allowing the market “a decisive role in allocating resources,” and “avoiding government interference in private sector technology transfer decisions,” it said. “For U.S. persons who rely on IP protection in what is already a very difficult business environment, severe challenges persist because of gaps in the scope of IP protection, stalled legal reforms, and weak enforcement channels. “High-profile statements in support of IP and innovation by Chinese government officials are no substitute for real structural changes to address shortcomings in China’s IP system, which cannot be excused by the country’s stage of economic development.” The countries singled out by USTR “will be the subject of increased bilateral engagement with USTR to address IP concerns,” according to an April 25 USTR release. “For such countries that fail to address U.S. concerns, USTR will take appropriate actions, such as enforcement actions under Section 301 of the Trade Act or pursuant to World Trade Organization or other trade agreement dispute settlement procedures, necessary to combat unfair trade practices and to ensure that trading partners follow through with their international commitments,” it says.

https://www.theepochtimes.com/trump-admin-identifies-36-countries-that-fail-to-guard-intellectual-property-emphasises-china_2894521.html

USTR Releases Annual Special 301 Report on Intellectual Property Protection and Review of Notorious Markets for Piracy and Counterfeiting

https://ustr.gov/about-us/policy-offices/press-office/press-releases/2019/april/ustr-releases-annual-special-301

https://www.oecd.org/industry/global-trade-in-fake-goods-worth-nearly-half-a-trillion-dollars-a-year.htm

https://www.census.gov/foreign-trade/balance/c5700.html

Notable: Palestinian terrorist owned business on the border raided in Texas.

https://www.breitbart.com/border/2019/04/25/border-businesses-owned-by-palestinian-terrorist-raided-in-texas/

Notable: North Korean state media say that Kim Jong-un invited Vladimir Putin to North Korea, which was "readily accepted."

North Korean state media say that Kim Jong-un invited Vladimir Putin to North Korea, which was "readily accepted" - AFP

https://twitter.com/NewsBreaking/status/1121538420742868992

Notable: Liberal grasp on union votes starting to slip.

Liberal grasp on union votes starting to slip

“Major Union Breaks From Political Norm to Slam Obama, Credit Trump”

https://ijr.com/afl-cio-breaks-political-norm-slam-obama-credit-trump/

Notable: Federal judge in Washington state blocks Trump plan to cut off subsidies to Planned Parenthood and other clinics…

https://twitter.com/Breaking911/status/1121537220152840193

BREAKING: Federal judge in Washington state blocks Trump plan to cut off subsidies to Planned Parenthood and other clinics if they provide abortion services or information - Reuters

Notable: Not very smart planefag asks: is Venus01 FLOTUS?

Not very smart planefag asks: is Venus01 FLOTUS?

Notable: Fort Bragg cut power for thousands to test ‘real-world reactions’ to a cyber-attack.

Fort Bragg cut power for thousands to test ‘real-world reactions’ to a cyber-attack

https://www.newsobserver.com/latest-news/article229662514.html

"Fort Bragg in North Carolina says the Army base had a “blackout” for more than 12 hours overnight Wednesday as part of a cyber-attack military exercise that came as a complete surprise to its tens of thousands of residents."

"This exercise was not announced in order to replicate likely real-world reactions by everyone directly associated with the installation. In today’s world, cyber-attacks are very likely. This exercise is exactly what we needed to do to identify our vulnerabilities and work to improve our security and deployment posture."

Sorry if re-post.

Notable: Quarantine ordered at two Los Angeles universities for students, staff who may have been exposed to measles.

https://twitter.com/Breaking911/status/1121535404488962048

BREAKING: Quarantine ordered at two Los Angeles universities for students, staff who may have been exposed to measles - AP

Notable: Bannon talking about Biden/China connection. Relevant Breitbart article.

Steve Bannon is starting talking about Biden/China close ties in this interview with MSNBC (ft. Kyle Bass)

Video in link

https://www.valuewalk.com/2019/04/bannon-bass-chinese-communist-party/

Notable: Rob Reiner, Google’s Eric Schmidt to co-host $2,800 per-person Hollywood fundraiser for Joe Biden.

https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2019/04/25/rob-reiner-eric-schmidt-to-host-hollywood-fundraiser-for-joe-biden/#

Rob Reiner, Google’s Eric Schmidt to Co-Host $2,800 Per-Person Hollywood Fundraiser for Joe Biden

Notable: Texas border city mayor arrested on voter fraud charges.

Texas Border City Mayor Arrested on Voter Fraud Charges!

https://www.breitbart.com/border/2019/04/25/texas-border-city-mayor-arrested-on-voter-fraud-charges/

Notable: Q clock update. Re-read crumbs.

Q CLOCK UPDATE - RE-READ CRUMBS

Today's Q Clock :24

What if Iran created a classified 'satellite' Nuclear facility in Northern Syria?

What if the program never ceased?

What other bad actors are possibly involved?

What if U1 material ended up in Syria?

Why did we strike Syria?

POTUS deCLAS Syria/Iran + U1 connection.

Where does EU fit in?

Today's :25/:55 Q Clock Mirror :26

Twitter.

Why is SR back in the news?

#GoodbyeDemocrats

Media BLACKOUT.

Expect another BIG coordinated wave [#3] of attacks by FAKE NEWS.

We believe in FULL TRANSPARENCY.

Everything stated by POTUS will be made PUBLIC.

Today's 180-Degree Q Clock Mirror :54

The message must bypass the MSM.

People are more aware of current events.

Layers (U1, Iran, Human Traffic, Haiti, Correuption, etc etc).

FAKE NEWS/HWOOD PUPPETS LOST CONTROL.

What is [RBG's] current state-of-health?

Are pictures being 'avoided' for a reason?

#GoodbyeFoxx

THIS IS ABOUT SAVING AMERICA. WRWY N1LB FG&C WWG1WGA!

Notable: Crypto currency exchange Bitfinex lost access to $850 million, used Tether's cash reserves in an attempt to cover it up.

LOL

KEK

HAHAHAHA.

JAJAJAJAJA.

Notable: Planefag: X marks the spot.

X marks the spot

Notable: Suspicious package in Austin, TX.

Austin Police Dept

@Austin_Police

Incident #19-1151155, APD was called out to the 3700 block of Convict Hill Rd in regards to a suspicious package around 3:43 p.m. EOD is responding, please avoid the area at this time.

Chief Ashley A. Gonzalez @chiefagonzalez

@AISDPolice and @Austin_Police currently investigation a report of a suspicious package at @Covington_Colts. Heavy police presence at Covington Middle School. Motorist and pedestrians urged to avoid the area.

@AustinISD

@aisdparents

#atx

9:31pm · 25 Apr 2019 · Twitter Web Client

GMT

https://twitter.com/Austin_Police/status/1121527223482187785

Notable: Apple CEO Tim Cook: Big Tech needs to be regulated.

Apple CEO Tim Cook: Big Tech Needs to Be Regulated

Apple CEO Tim Cook argued this week that the big tech Masters of the Universe need to be regulated by the government to protect user privacy. In an interview this week at the TIME 100 Summit in New York, Apple CEO Tim Cook called for more regulation on the technology industry. “We all have to be intellectually honest, and we have to admit that what we’re doing isn’t working,” Cook said during the event. “Technology needs to be regulated. There are now too many examples where the no rails have resulted in a great damage to society.”

Cook spoke in depth about some of the negative impacts of technology on society. He claimed that is not Apple’s goal is to ensure that their users are using their Apple devices as much as possible. “Apple never wanted to maximize user time,” Cook argued. “We’ve never been about that. We’re not motivated to do that from a business point of view, and we’re certainly not motivated from a values point of view.” Speaking directly about the impact that smartphones have had on users’ social lives, Cook said that too much time on a smartphone is a bad thing. “If you’re looking at a phone more than someone’s eyes, you’re doing the wrong thing,” Cook added.

Breitbart News reported in 2017 that Cook had been criticized over his refusal to condemn China for their censorship of the Internet. “Cook’s appearance lends credibility to a state that aggressively censors the internet, throws people in jail for being critical about social ills, and is building artificial intelligence systems that monitors everyone and targets dissent,” an analyst from Human Rights Watch wrote at the time. “The version of cyberspace the Chinese government is building is a decidedly dystopian one, and I don’t think anyone would want to share in this ‘common future.’ Apple should have spoken out against it, not endorsed it.”

https://www.breitbart.com/tech/2019/04/25/apple-ceo-tim-cook-big-tech-needs-to-be-regulated/

Notable: Sri Lanka media: 11 Mosques near Easter bomber’s home ‘openly’ preached fundamentalism.

Sri Lanka Media: 11 Mosques Near Easter Bomber’s Home ‘Openly’ Preached Fundamentalism

Sri Lanka’s Daily Mirror newspaper published a bombshell report Thursday revealing that the suspected Easter jihad mastermind preached in a neighborhood hosting at least 11 mosques known to practice some form of Wahhabism or fundamentalist Islam.

Wahhabism is a traditionally Saudi fundamentalist ideology of Sunni Islam named after Muslim scholar Muhammad bin Abd al Wahhab widely accused of inspiring the birth of several Sunni jihadist groups, such as al-Qaeda, the Islamic State, and the Muslim Brotherhood. The Islamic State has claimed responsibility for the Sri Lanka bombings. The report casts further doubt on claims by senior Sri Lankan officials that they were not aware of any impending attacks on Christians or threat of jihadi terrorism on their soil. Sri Lankan President Maithripala Sirisena announced Tuesday he had asked for the resignations of his head of national police and secretary of defense after a letter surfaced from Indian intelligence agencies warning prior to the massacre that Islamic terrorists were planning to attack Christians in the country on Easter. The president denied knowledge of the letter, as did the nation’s prime minister, both condemning the senior intelligence agents who kept the information from them.

Local and international media reports have identified Zahran Hashim, the founder of a Sri Lankan Islamist group known as National Thawheed Jama’ath (NTJ), as the “mastermind” of the attacks. At press time, authorities do not believe he personally conducted any of the six suicide attacks. Some reports claim a man appearing in Islamic State propaganda claiming responsibility for the attack – the only one not covering his face – is Hashim. In the Daily Mirror report, Hashim’s sister Mohomed Hashim Madaniya claimed the entire Hashim family went “missing” a week before the attacks and distances herself from the suspected jihadist. The alleged current head of the NTJ, Moulavi Thawufeek, also distances the group from Hashim and claims that NTJ had been warning Sri Lankan police for years that Hashim was spreading violent Islamic beliefs through sermons at his mosque. Hashim is believed to have founded NTJ in 2011. Sri Lankan police still identify him as the leader of the group. Conflicting reports have identified NTJ as a splinter group from a larger similarly named outfit called the Sri Lanka Tawheed Jama’ath, though it is unclear what relationship the groups have or if they ever truly split apart.

Deputy Defence Minister Ruwan Wijewardene went further to say that Hashim’s group “had split from the main body” of the NTJ, which he founded. Hashim had made a name for himself with thousands of followers on Facebook and Youtube with jihadist screeds calling for violence against non-Muslims. All those speaking to the Daily Mirror claim they distanced themselves from him after he began publishing the videos. A representative for the Badriya Mosque in Kattankudy, the neighborhood where Hashim preached, told the newspaper that the area hosted nearly a dozen fundamentalist mosques: Katankudy [sic] a small area of land with one of the highest density of population comprises 63 mosques. 8 of the mosques follow the Fundamentalist strand openly and the other barring 3 mosques follow “different degrees of wahabist ideology” H. M Ameer from the Badriya Mosque told the Daily Mirror. “The Jammiyathul Ulama are also supporters of the Wahabi ideology” he and Jaseem told the Daily Mirror.

https://www.breitbart.com/asia/2019/04/25/sri-lanka-media-11-mosques-near-easter-bombers-home-openly-preached-fundamentalism/

Notable: U.S. Air Force Tweets F-15 Eagle. Related Q drops.

U.S. Air Force Tweets F-15 Eagle

Q included pics of F-15's in two drops, #2675 & #2734.

Video includes a lot of missiles and BOOMS.

Delta between tweet and Q drop #2734 is 69 days (6+9 = 15).

Notable: Sen. Marco Rubio: At their own peril, countries embrace China.

Exclusive–Sen. Marco Rubio: At Their Own Peril, Countries Embrace China

China is playing a zero-sum game internationally and willing to win at all costs. That certainly won’t be Chinese President Xi Jinping’s message to world leaders at the second Belt and Road Initiative Forum in Beijing this week, but that is the reality.

For the last two decades, China fooled the world into believing it would embrace the rules-based international order and become a responsible stakeholder. Instead, China has used its membership in the World Trade Organization as an instrument for its economic advancement aimed directly at the expense of other more developed member states. Moreover, it has tightened its one-party authoritarian rule, increased repression of domestic dissent, and escalated human rights abuses within its borders. And it is building up its military’s might—including new capabilities to menace Taiwan, Japan, and other neighbors to threaten U.S. forces in the Indo-Pacific region, and to project power globally.

China now is trying to fool the world again by luring foreign governments to join its Belt and Road Initiative with extravagant promises of Chinese investment for their infrastructure projects. Some countries have already learned hard lessons from Beijing’s debt-trap diplomacy. For example, Sri Lanka was forced to give a Chinese state-owned company majority control of its $1.3 billion Hambantota port for 99 years after it defaulted on a Chinese loan, and Pakistan is now seeking to drastically curb borrowing from China as it faces a mounting debt crisis. Yet these and other cautionary tales aren’t deterring everyone. Last March, Italy became the first G7 nation to sign on to the Belt and Road Initiative. Alarmingly, the United Kingdom appears willing to allow some Chinese hardware into the development of their 5G network. More countries in Europe and other regions may soon follow. This is stunningly naive.

China’s mercantilist goal is simple—undermine foreign competition by stealing intellectual property and trade secrets, and artificially propping up Chinese state-directed actors at the expense of its trading “partners.” In addition to debt-trap diplomacy, Beijing’s long list of aggressive tactics also includes targeting U.S. and other foreign industries for eventual displacement, violating foreign sanctions laws and export controls, and working through state-directed actors, like Huawei and ZTE, to steal trade secrets and gain unfair advantages. Indeed, the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative reports that China’s intellectual property theft costs the U.S. as much as $600 billion annually—an amount that exceeds the collective profits of the top 50 companies on last year’s Fortune 500 list. Chinese state-directed theft of American ingenuity amounts to the greatest transfer of wealth in human history.

China’s actions are not just part of an unprecedented effort to supplant America’s role as the leading economic and military power. Rather, they are in direct contradiction to the most deeply held values by the U.S. and fellow democracies. They are also deeply rooted in Chinese Communist Party’s view of history—that it is China’s rightful place to be the most powerful nation on earth, and that the last hundred years are an aberration. Look no further than the target date set by President Xi for China to cement its global dominance: 2049, the 100th anniversary of the founding of the People’s Republic of China.

As we in the U.S. are learning—sometimes more slowly than we should—China’s long-term threats to national security and economic security far outweigh the short-term benefits from Chinese foreign investment or increased exports to China. Unfortunately, it seems many countries around the world are either unaware of China’s long-term threats or else willfully ignoring the real risks in exchange for access to Chinese markets, loans, and other short-term economic benefits.

China’s rise poses this century’s most significant threat not only to the security and economic interests of America and other democracies, but also to the values of freedom and openness that we hold dear. Beijing’s upcoming Belt and Road Initiative Forum and other efforts to woo the world do not change this. So long as China remains under the Communist Party’s totalitarian rule, the free world must remain clear-eyed about China’s challenge to our hard-won international order.

https://www.breitbart.com/national-security/2019/04/25/exclusive-sen-marco-rubio-at-their-own-peril-countries-embrace-china/

Notable: Japan tells U.S. can't link monetary policy to trade, finance minister Aso says: Jiji.

Japan tells U.S. can't link monetary policy to trade, finance minister Aso says: Jiji

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Japanese Finance Minister Taro Aso said on Thursday he told U.S. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin that Tokyo cannot accept discussions that link monetary policy to trade issues, Jiji news agency reported.

Aso also said the two sides agreed that exchange-rate matters would be discussed between financial authorities, and that Tokyo and Washington should not talk about currency issues in the context of the trade debate, according to Jiji.

Aso and Mnuchin held a bilateral meeting in Washington ahead of a summit between Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and U.S. President Donald Trump later this week.

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trade-japan-idUSKCN1S12NS

Notable: Catherine Pugh Scandal: Here are the 6 places the Feds raided in Baltimore.

https://baltimore.cbslocal.com/2019/04/25/catherinepugh-scandal-raid-locations/

Catherine Pugh Scandal: Here Are The 6 Places The Feds Raided In Baltimore

Locations of raids Thursday

City Hall

Several agents walked into City Hall Thursday morning and left with boxes throughout the morning. City Solicitor Andre Davis said the search was contained to Mayor Pugh’s office in the second-floor suites. This includes City Council president’s office, the city comptroller’s office and councilmembers’ offices.

Pugh’s Current Home

FBI and IRS agents were seen raiding the mayor’s home on Ellamont Avenue early Thursday morning, at one point an agent walked into Pugh’s home with a case of water. They left with more than 12 boxes of items from her home.

Pugh’s Second Home

Her previous home, on Dennlyn Avenue in Northwest Baltimore, was lined with yellow tape. This address is tied with her Healthy Holly franchise.

Agents were seen carrying out two large boxes earlier Thursday morning.

Pugh’s Attorney Office, Silverman Thompson Slutkin & White, LLC

FBI and IRS agents served a limited subpoena for original financial records belonging to the mayor.

Her attorney said the requested documents had previously been sequestered from all other client matters of the firm and were not commingled with any of the firm’s other clients’ information or documents.

They said the agents were directed to the sequestered area with the mayor’s documents and the firm complied with the subpoena.

“There was no ‘raid’ of the firm as reported in the media and the agents did not conduct a search of the firm. The agents also did not seek or obtain any attorney-client privileged communications with the Mayor, or any other information or documents from the firm or its clients. The agents were polite and courteous and the process was conducted in an expeditious and professional manner,” They said in their statement.

“We will continue to vigorously defend the Mayor, who is entitled the presumption of innocence,” They concluded.

Maryland Center For Adult Training:

Agents also arrived at Maryland Center for Adult Training, one of Pugh’s businesses. She once led the program at the MCAT building. The three Pugh staffers fired Wednesday by acting Mayor Jack Young sat on the board of MCAT from 2017 to 2019.

The webpage has been deleted from the training centers website, but is available via internet archive- and lists the mayor as chair emeritus.

Our media partner the Baltimore Sun reports MCAT has received thousands of dollars from the city to operate.

Gary Brown Jr.’s Home:

One of her aides, Gary Brown Jr. Brown was fired Wednesday by Acting Mayor Jack Young. Pugh stood by Brown in 2017 when he pled guilty to a campaign finance crime tied to her 2016 mayoral campaign.

Notable: Trump approved payment of $2 million North Korea bill for care of Warmbier.

Trump approved payment of $2 million North Korea bill for care of Warmbier: report

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Donald Trump approved payment of a $2 million bill presented by North Korea to cover its care of comatose American Otto Warmbier, a college student who died shortly after being returned home from 17 months in a North Korean prison, the Washington Post reported on Thursday.

The Post said an invoice was handed to State Department envoy Joseph Yun hours before Warmbier, 22, was flown out of Pyongyang in a coma on June 13, 2017. Warmbier died six days later.

The U.S. envoy, who was sent to retrieve Warmbier, signed an agreement to pay the medical bill on instructions passed down from Trump, the Post reported, citing two unidentified people familiar with the situation.

“We do not comment on hostage negotiations, which is why they have been so successful during this administration,” White House spokeswoman Sarah Sanders told Reuters.

Yun also told Reuters he could not comment on diplomatic exchanges. But in an interview with CNN on Thursday, he said he was given broad orders to secure Warmbier’s release and he understood the instructions came directly from Trump.

“Yes, my orders were completely: do whatever you can to get Otto back,” he told CNN. Yun said he understood that money had been exchanged in previous releases of U.S. prisoners and was justified as “hospital costs,” but he gave no further details.

Representatives for the State Department did not respond to a request for comment.

SOURCE

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-northkorea-warmbier/trump-approved-payment-of-2-million-north-korea-bill-for-care-of-warmbier-report-idUSKCN1S124E?feedType=RSS&feedName=topNews

ANONS Thoughts?

Notable: Amazon jumps and dumps as AWS growth slows, outlook disappoints.

Amazon Jumps And Dumps As AWS Growth Slows, Outlook Disappoints

Last quarter, when Amazon reported otherwise respectable earnings, the market hammered the stock after the company guided to the lowest revenue growth since 2001. And, as the company reported moments ago, while its guidance may have been slightly downbeat, it wasn't too far off as Amazon reported Q1 net sales of $59.7BN, just above the $59.68BN consensus estimate, while generating an impressive $7.09 in Q1 EPS, well above the $4.67 expected.

(when you shift the guidance throughout the qtr these result's are not surprising-They low-balled it for 1st qtr and Surprise! came close)

Here are the summary highlights:

EPS of $7.09, beating estimates of $4.67

Revenue of $59.7BN, in line with estimates of $59.68BN

Operating income of $4.42 billion, also beating consensus estimates of $3.10 billion

Amazon Web Services rose 42% to $7.70BN, Exp. $7.67BN; this compares to growth of 45% last quarter and 46% the quarter before.

The good news here is that whereas Q1 revenue did come in slightly better than expected, it still showed a significant slowdown, rising 17% in Q1, the slowest growth pace in 4 years. Looking ahead, the slowdown is expected to accelerate, as the company now expects Q2 net sales of $59.5BN to $63.5BN, with the midpoint of $61.5BN coming in below the Wall Street consensus estimate of $62.4BN. If revenue comes in right on the midpoint, it would represent another top-line slowdown of 16.3% in Q2.

That said, the company's profit margin nearly doubled, from 3.8% last year to an impressive 7.4% in Q1 2019, largely thanks to the increasing contribution from AWS.

(helps when you have C_A contracts doesn't it?)

On the other hand, Amazon's operating income outlook disappointed, with the company now expecting it to come in between $2.6 billion and $3.6 billion, compared with $3.0 billion in second quarter 2018, but well below the Wall Street consensus estimate of $4.2 billion.

One notable improvement was the sharp drop in the international loss, which shrank to just $90MM in Q1 2018, down sharply from the $622MM loss a year prior.

As noted above, the all important Amazon Web Services was once again responsible for more than half of Amazon's entire profit, with the division generating $7.7BN in revenue and $2.22BN in operating income, a 28.9% margin, down from the 29.3% in Q4, and responsible for 50.2% of Amazon's total operating income of $4.42BN. Slightly more concerning was the slowdown in AWS revenue, which rose 42%, down from 45% last quarter.

Meanwhile, Amazon's other revenue, which includes Amazon's advertising business, grew only 36%, a sharp drop from the 97% growth in Q4 and the 132% growth it had a year ago. One possible reason for the slowdown is that Kroger, Walmart, Target and other big retailers are building out their own in-house digital advertising businesses.

(also in anticipation of AMZN exiting China in June)

Looking at Amazon's Bricks and Mortar presence, the price cuts implemented by Whole Foods appear to have helped overall sales in the "physical stores'' segment, which rose 1% to $4.3 billion compared with the year-ago period, reversing a 3% decline in the fourth quarter.

The stock initially spiked on the big EPS beat, but has since retraced all gains as investors focused on the slowdown in AWS and the disappointing operating income guidance.

https://www.zerohedge.com/news/2019-04-25/amazon-jumps-and-dumps-aws-growth-slows-outlook-disappoints

Notable: POTUS Schedule: Xi Jinping to visit White House. Date TBD.

https://twitter.com/45_Schedule/status/1121517577841278977

Notable: Trump transfers background investigation power to Pentagon.

Trump transfers background investigation power to Pentagon

https://www.federaltimes.com/management/2019/04/25/trump-transfers-background-investigation-power-to-pentagon/

Notable: Pregnant wife of Sri Lankan bomber deonates suicide vest as Police raids home.

https://www.theepochtimes.com/pregnant-wife-of-sri-lankan-bomber-detonates-suicide-vest-as-police-raids-home_2894523.html

Notable: >>6312985 France's Macron responds to yellow vests with promise of reforms.

France's Macron responds to yellow vests with promise of reforms

(not really notable, but Macron just gave a speech about the yellow vests and a "news story" quand meme)

French President Emmanuel Macron has given a long-awaited response to the yellow vest protest movement with promises of tax cuts, higher pensions and a reform of the civil service.

Despite insisting that order must return, he acknowledged a "lack of trust" in the establishment.

Protests, sometimes violent, started in November over rises in fuel costs but widened to cover a range of grievances over economic inequality.

Mr Macron said he stood by his reforms.

His speech was originally scheduled for 15 April but was postponed after the devastating fire at Notre-Dame cathedral in Paris.

President Macron recognised that at the core of the movement were "fair demands".

The protests against the the fuel price rises - intended to fund eco-friendly projects - escalated into the gilets jaunes, or yellow vest, movement, a national uprising against what protesters see as economic injustice in France.

These escalated into the gilets jaunes, or yellow vest movement, a national uprising against what protesters see as economic injustice in France.

When he was elected in 2017, Mr Macron vowed to fight "the forces of division that undermine France".

Although he questioned in his speech whether he had taken a "wrong turn", he insisted that government reforms so far had been right, but not fast enough.

The president said he had "learnt a lot" from national debates held with French citizens across the country - an unforeseen political exercise.

His plans include:

A "significant cut" in income tax worth €5bn (£4.3bn; $5.6bn), financed by spending cuts and closing company tax loopholes, but the French will have to "work harder"

Reintroduction of inflation-linking for pensions worth less than €2,000 a month but more working life spent making pension contributions

More decentralised government

Extending proportional representation in elections, and making referendums easier to hold

Abolition of the ENA university, which has trained political leaders and captains of industry but is seen as elitist by many

The president also acknowledged there were concerns in society regarding climate change and immigration.

The president's announcement is the culmination of what was touted as a "grand debate" with the French people about their concerns.

The latest proposals come on top of changes announced in December at a cost of €10bn.

Those plans, including a government bonus scheme for the low-paid, failed to quell the protests.

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https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-48059063

Notable: Officers who handled Beto O’Rourke’s DWI arrest believe he tried to flee.

Officers who handled Beto O’Rourke’s DWI arrest believe he tried to flee

https://www.dallasnews.com/news/politics/2019/04/24/officers-handled-beto-orourkes-dwi-arrest-believe-tried-flee-texas-tribune-reports

Notable: Carter Page filing against the DNC.

Carter Page filing against the DNC

New filing in Carter Page v. Democratic National Committee: Order on Motion to Alter Judgment

https://www.usatoday.com/documents/5978511-Order-on-Motion-to-Alter-Judgment/

Notable: Morgan Stanley to pay $150 million to settle California crisis-era mortgage charges.

Morgan Stanley to pay $150 million to settle California crisis-era mortgage charges

(Reuters) - Morgan Stanley will pay $150 million to settle charges it misled two large California public pension funds about the risks of mortgage-backed securities they bought in the years leading up to the 2008 global financial crisis. The settlement announced on Thursday by California Attorney General Xavier Becerra resolves an April 2016 lawsuit filed by his predecessor Kamala Harris, who is now a U.S. senator.

Becerra said the California Public Employees’ Retirement System (CalPERS) will receive $122 million from the settlement, while the California State Teachers Retirement System (CalSTRS) will receive $8 million. The other $20 million will cover costs and help fund other investigations. Morgan Stanley denied wrongdoing. A spokesman said the accord is the New York-based bank’s last regulatory settlement related to the financial crisis.

California said Morgan Stanley overstated the quality of subprime loans from lenders such as New Century Financial, which went bankrupt in 2007, that it bundled into seemingly safe securities that CalPERS and CalSTRS bought from 2003 to 2007. The bank was also accused of failing to remove poor-quality loans from those securities, and hiding the risks because disclosure could become a “relationship killer” prompting lenders to send future business elsewhere.

“Morgan Stanley lied about the risks of its products and put profits over teachers and public employees who relied on its advice,” Becerra said. The lawsuit was one of hundreds accusing banks of misleading investors in the marketing and sale of residential mortgage-backed securities. Morgan Stanley agreed in February 2016 to pay $3.2 billion to resolve federal and state claims over those securities.

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-morgan-stanley-california/morgan-stanley-to-pay-150-million-to-settle-california-crisis-era-mortgage-charges-idUSKCN1S12DC?il=0

Notable: New PapaD Tweet.

New PapaD

Sources in Rome tell me that Joseph Mifsud was in direct communications with special agent Michael Gaeta (a KEY witness now under investigation by Horowitz). Possibly even handled by Gaeta when Mifsud was trying to entrap me.

https://twitter.com/georgepapa19/status/1121510289424257024?s=21

Notable: Watchdog group - Facebook broke Canadian privacy laws

Facebook broke Canada privacy laws, watchdog says

Canadian, Anons beware Facebook broke one of your Socialist laws! I'm so glad they don't do this in the USA.

Social media giant Facebook committed "serious contraventions" of Canadian privacy laws, the country's data watchdog says.

The federal privacy commissioner said the tech firm had also failed to take responsibility for protecting personal information.

An investigation into the company was launched in the wake of the Cambridge Analytica data scandal.

Facebook disputes the investigation's findings.

"The stark contradiction between Facebook's public promises to mend its ways on privacy and its refusal to address the serious problems we've identified - or even acknowledge that it broke the law - is extremely concerning," privacy commissioner Daniel Therrien said in a statement.

Mr Therrien said his office planned to go to court "to seek an order to force the company to correct its privacy practices".

His office can currently only issue recommendations and cannot impose fines for non-compliance.

Facebook said in a statement that it had engaged "in many months of good-faith co-operation and lengthy negotiations" with the commissioner's office and is disappointed that the matter is going to court instead of "continuing collaborative discussions".

SOURCE

Social media giant Facebook committed "serious contraventions" of Canadian privacy laws, the country's data watchdog says.

The federal privacy commissioner said the tech firm had also failed to take responsibility for protecting personal information.

An investigation into the company was launched in the wake of the Cambridge Analytica data scandal.

Facebook disputes the investigation's findings.

"The stark contradiction between Facebook's public promises to mend its ways on privacy and its refusal to address the serious problems we've identified - or even acknowledge that it broke the law - is extremely concerning," privacy commissioner Daniel Therrien said in a statement.

Mr Therrien said his office planned to go to court "to seek an order to force the company to correct its privacy practices".

His office can currently only issue recommendations and cannot impose fines for non-compliance.

Facebook said in a statement that it had engaged "in many months of good-faith co-operation and lengthy negotiations" with the commissioner's office and is disappointed that the matter is going to court instead of "continuing collaborative discussions".

Notable: Paul Sperry twat - looks like Hussein was more involved in 2016 than Putin

Anons know….

DEVELOPING: It is now looking as though there is more evidence that Obama had a heavier hand in interfering in the 2016 election than Putin

https://twitter.com/paulsperry_/status/1121507179385819136?s=21

Notable: NK nuclear negotiator replaced

POTUS_Schedule Retweeted

NK NEWS

‏Verified account @nknewsorg

11m11 minutes ago

Kim Yong Chol has been replaced as head of NK's United Front Department, a S.Korean lawmaker said.

If confirmed, it would be “a very positive sign for nuclear negotiations between North Korea and the U.S.," says Cheong Seong-chang of #SejongInstitute

Kim Yong Chol replaced as head of N. Korea’s United Front Department: lawmaker

High-profile DPRK official to be replaced by the relatively-unknown Jang Kum Chol, reports suggest

North Korea’s Kim Yong Chol has been replaced as director of the ruling party Central Committee’s United Front Department (UFD), a lawmaker from the South Korean National Assembly’s Intelligence Committee told local media on Wednesday.

Citing a briefing from the country’s National Intelligence Service (NIS), multiple South Korean outlets reported, Lee Hye-hoon said that Jang Kum Chol had been tapped to replace Kim.

The news, should it be confirmed, would see Kim Yong Chol step down from the powerful position less than three years after taking up the post in May 2016.

His purported replacement, Jang Kum Chol, was earlier in the month appointed a director at the ruling Workers’ Party of Korea (WPK) Central Committee at the 4th Plenary Meeting of the 7th WPK Central Committee.

It was not, however, confirmed which department he would head up.

And although the Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) and ruling party organ the Rodong Sinmun reported that the meeting had dismissed and appointed directors at the Party Central Committee, the list of demoted officials was not provided.

That plenary meeting also saw Jang directly elected as a member of the WPK Central Committee along with several others, including first vice foreign minister Choe Son Hui.

The National Assembly’s Intelligence Committee on Wednesday, however, reportedly confirmed that Jang has served as head of civilian inter-Korean exchanges at the Korea Asia-Pacific Peace Committee (KAPPC) and the Consultative Council for National Reconciliation (CCNR).

The UFD, KAPPC, and CCNR have in the past year been tasked with managing inter-Korean issues, alongside other organs including the Committee for the Peaceful Reunification of the Country (CPRC).

The South Korean Ministry of Unification (MOU) describes the UFD as a “core department of directing overall projects with South Korea including inter-Korean talks, economic cooperation, civilian exchanges, and collection and analysis on data.”

The ROK MOU on Wednesday said Jang had not been publicly named by DPRK state-run media before this month’s fourth plenary meeting.

“We do not have any records of his/her participation in talks and exchange events in the past,” the ministry said in a written statement.

An official by the name of Jang Kum Chol was in May 2007 reported having attended an inter-Korean farewell banquet in their capacity as a CCNR member, according to Yonhap News Agency.

It is not clear if this is the same official, however.

South Korea’s spy agency on Wednesday was quoted as having said that it would be premature to see the reshuffle as representing a demotion for Kim Yong Chol.

“Given that vice-chairman Kim’s name remains on the list of members of the Political Bureau of the Party, it is difficult to conclude this to be his downfall,” South Korean outlet MoneyToday reported Lee Hye-hoon as having said.

“The UFD director is the person who should handle relations with the U.S. and the nuclear issue, but the NIS judged that he (Jang) does not have any [related] experiences,” Lee said.

Notable: Sara Carter: Judicial Watch uncovered another 756 page of HRC emails - Tony Blair involved

Well, well, well….

https://twitter.com/SaraCarterDC/status/1121504149978304513?s=19

Notable: Fed. Judge rules that Hasson, accused of plotting dom. terror attack, will be released prior to trial

https://twitter.com/NewsBreaking/status/1121499433600897024

Notable: Nadler squirms while talking out of multiple orafices (video)

Watch Nadler squirm trying to justify his ever changing position on the rule of law and article 2 powers

https://twitter.com/RoscoeBDavis1/status/1121487654560964608

Notable: Former CA Dem. Chair accused of sexual assault

Former California Dems chair accused of sexual assault by former assistant

http://hill.cm/SK2aByV

Notable: Federal Court rules Michigan congressional districts were gerrymandered; orders special elections

https://twitter.com/NewsBreaking/status/1121497426848731137

Notable: Anon connects the dots "I Spy"

Ummmm GUYZ………..

Just trying to connect the dots here…..

Snowden tweets about NSA/spying earlier today……then CIA starts Insta account with "I spy with my little eye…" same day…

Clock on the desk shows 8:45, what appears to be map of China on the wall…..@ Snowden/China…..

Well guess what???

Notable: Theresa May to let Huawei aid building Britain’s 5G network

Britain’s Huawei gamble is sure to anger Donald Trump

Just hours after Donald Trump’s long-delayed state visit to Britain was finally confirmed, reports surfaced that Theresa May and her National Security Council have decided to let Chinese telecommunications company Huawei participate in building Britain’s 5G network.

SOURCE

https://blogs.spectator.co.uk/2019/04/britains-huawei-gamble-is-sure-to-anger-donald-trump/

Notable: Reminder: Putin will share results of Kim Jung-Un mtg. w/ PDJT

‘We have no secrets from US’: Putin says he is ready to tell Trump about Kim talks

Vladimir Putin said North Korea will give up nuclear weapons, but fears for its security if it does so, and added he was prepared to share the results of his landmark meeting with Kim Jong-un with Donald Trump.

“I got the impression that Kim Jong-un is interested in denuclearization, all North Korea needs is guarantees of its security and sovereignty,” the Russian president said during the press conference in the aftermath of his talks with the North Korean leader in Vladivostok which ran hours over the allotted time.

Putin insisted that the only means for such guarantees is to ensure that international law triumphs over “rule of strength,” though noted that it was too early for specifics on how the denuclearization process would be structured.

Saying that Russia and the US are both against the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction – much as they may argue about the methods – Putin revealed he was open to relaying the content of his talks to Donald Trump.

We are going to discuss the situation with the US. Russia is always open on this – there are no conspiracies. More than that Kim Jong-un personally asked us to inform Washington of his position and the issues he wants to ask about.

Putin, who had previously met Kim’s father Kim Jong-il during a similar summit back in 2002, described the current North Korean leader as “interesting to talk to” and “ready to discuss any subject freely.”

But asked if Kim is ready to make more concessions after his last talks with Trump ended in a stalemate, Putin said: “I believe there is no other way, but what he is or isn’t ready to give up – you have to ask him that.”

North Korea did not issue a statement or send a representative after the two-way talks in Russia. Nonetheless, Putin spoke warmly of opportunities for economic cooperation with North Korea. He also urged South Korea to act with more independence from the United States in reaching out to Pyongyang.

https://www.rt.com/news/457517-putin-kim-trump-press-conference/

Notable: State Dept. memo to Radio Free Europe critical of programming

U.S. Broadcaster Under Scrutiny for Disseminating Autocratic Propaganda

Federal officials are scrutinizing the U.S. government’s Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty news service, established to promote democratic values abroad, after complaints it has distributed foreign propaganda favorable to authoritarian regimes in Central Asia, according to the network, its employees and an internal State Department memo.

State Department officials sent a six-page memo to the leaders of Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty earlier this year criticizing a pro-government stance by the service’s Tajikistan network and urging them to intervene following repeated complaints by U.S. diplomats, network employees and academics specializing in Central Asia. They said the network was providing programming favorable to Tajikistan’s president, Emomali Rahmon, his government and family.

https://www.wsj.com/articles/u-s-broadcaster-under-scrutiny-for-disseminating-propaganda-11556184602

Notable: >>6311970 The once-secret evidence connecting Iran to 1996 Khobar Towers attack (Hill)

JOHN SOLOMON

https://twitter.com/jsolomonReports/status/1121490706265247744?s=19

Notable: >>6311889 Dems launch another desperate investigation, re Homeland Sec firing

https://twitter.com/NewsBreaking/status/1121489645324226560

Notable: Biden holds meet and greet at a Pizza Parlor…

Joe Biden holds a meet and greet event at a Wilmington pizza parlor

Notable: Biden lies and plagiarism, video from 1987

Biden's lies caused him to pull out of 1988 Presidential election

https://twitter.com/BullPup2A/status/1121458965265768449

Notable: Trump will deliver Air Force Academy commencement address May 30

https://twitter.com/kevincorke/status/1121443269752311814

Notable: Cartel techniques and border crisis video from Matt Gaetz, Lou Dobbs

https://twitter.com/RepMattGaetz/status/1121484960890806272

Notable: >>6311741, >>6311776 @Snowden "This is only the beginning"

https://twitter.com/Snowden/status/1121483969059610625

Notable: Justice Dept official ignores House subpoena to testify on census citizenship question (Hill)

Nothing but middle fingers are given in response to chairman Cummings subpoenas.

#BREAKING: Justice Dept official ignores House subpoena to testify on census citizenship question

https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/440693-doj-official-ignores-house-subpoena-to-testify-on-census-citizenship

Notable: Judge who helped illegal immigrant escape ICE arrest indicted

HUGE!!

Massachusetts judge who helped illegal immigrant escape ICE arrest indicted, federal authorities say

https://www.foxnews.com/us/massachusetts-judge-who-helped-illegal-immigrant-escape-ice-arrest-indicted-federal-authorities-say

Notable: DJT: Our Border Control Agents have done an incredible job

New DJT

Our Border Control Agents have done an incredible job under very adverse conditions. I am very proud to have increased their salaries because of the great job they do. Nobody deserves it more. THANK YOU and keep up the outstanding work!

https://twitter.com/realdonaldtrump/status/1121476321882902529?s=21

Notable: DJT: Thank you! #MAGA

https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1121476784376225798?s=19

Notable: >>6311345 Interdasting patents held by the Navy

>>6311106 (re: lb)

Interdasting patents held by the Navy!

Inventor: Salvatore Cezar Pais

Assignee: US Secretary of Navy

Craft using an inertial mass reduction device

https://patents.google.com/patent/US10144532B2/en

Piezoelectricity-induced Room Temperature Superconductor

https://patents.google.com/patent/US20190058105A1/en?inventor=Salvatore+Cezar+Pais

High Frequency Gravitational Wave Generator

https://patents.google.com/patent/US20180229864A1/en?inventor=Salvatore+Cezar+Pais

https://metro.co.uk/2019/04/18/us-navy-secretly-designed-super-fast-futuristic-aircraft-resembling-ufo-documents-reveal-9246755/

Notable: End of the road for ENA, France's elite training school? (France24)

Big News From France

Both admired and loathed as the training ground for France's political leaders, the Ecole Nationale d'Administration will learn Thursday whether it is to be scrapped by President Emmanuel Macron for being a symbol of out-dated elitism.

https://www.france24.com/en/20190425-end-road-ena-frances-elite-training-school

Notable: Baltimore Mayor Catherine Pugh dig

Catherine Pugh: Federal agents raid Baltimore mayor's home

Federal agents have raided the homes of Baltimore Mayor Catherine Pugh amid uproar over lucrative business deals for her self-published children's book.

FBI and tax agents also searched city hall and a training centre associated with Ms Pugh on Thursday.

The Democrat earned hundreds of thousands of dollars through sales of Healthy Holly books to city entities.

She has been on a leave of absence since 1 April. Maryland's Republican Governor Larry Hogan urged her to quit.

Earlier this month most of Baltimore City Council said Ms Pugh should resign.

Twitter post by @GovLarryHogan

Governor Larry Hogan

✔

@GovLarryHogan

Replying to @GovLarryHogan

Now more than ever, Baltimore City needs strong and responsible leadership. Mayor Pugh has lost the public trust. She is clearly not fit to lead. For the good of the city, Mayor Pugh must resign.

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10:27 AM - Apr 25, 2019

The FBI confirmed to CBS News, the BBC's US affiliate, that it is working with the Internal Revenue Service (IRS), America's tax-collection agency, on the inquiry into Ms Pugh's book sales.

FULL ARTICLE SOURCE

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-48055273

ANONS anything about this book or its contents catch your eyes?

Dig!

Thoughts?

Notable: Large police presence at Georgia elementary school (WBSTV)

DEKALB COUNTY, Ga. - NewsChopper 2 is currently over the scene of Wynbrooke Elementary School where there is a heavy police presence.

Video from the scene shows several police cars around the school grounds and officers walking along the school grounds investigating.

Crime scene tape has been put up around the school's playground. A police helicopter is also flying over the scene

Other officers can be seen patroling the neighborhoods surrounding the school.

We have contacted the school district, and they told us they will get back to us about what is going on.

https://www.wsbtv.com/news/local/dekalb-county/large-police-presence-at-dekalb-county-elementary-school/943409297

Notable: Pedos endorsing pedos

https://twitter.com/DailyCaller/status/1121175760004370432

Notable: Mifsud Dined with Hillary and Italian Socialists in 2016 (GatewayPundit)

https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2019/04/breaking-deep-state-spy-joseph-mifsud-who-set-up-trump-campaign-volunteer-papadopoulos-dined-with-hillary-and-italian-socialists-in-2016/

Notable: Swedbank admits money laundering flaws, faces multiple U.S. probes (Reuters)

Swedbank admits money laundering flaws, faces multiple U.S. probes

STOCKHOLM (Reuters) - Swedbank admitted to failings in combating money laundering on Thursday and said it was under investigation by multiple U.S. authorities, piling more pressure on the bank as it tries to rebuild its reputation.

Sweden’s oldest bank, whose CEO and chairman have both left as money laundering allegations snowballed, is already facing a joint probe by financial watchdogs in Sweden and the Baltics and another by Sweden’s economic crimes body.

Swedbank has found itself caught up in a regional money laundering scandal originating with Danske Bank, which said last year that 200 billion euros ($223 billion) of suspicious funds moved through its Estonia branch between 2007 and 2015.

Swedish broadcaster SVT has reported that Swedbank processed gross transactions worth up to 20 billion euros a year from high-risk, non-resident clients, mostly Russian, through its Estonian branch from 2010 to 2016.

Any action by U.S. authorities, such as the Department of Justice or the Securities and Exchange Commission, is a key concern for investors because of the size of potential U.S. sanctions could dwarf those from local watchdogs and even jeopardize Swedbank’s ability to transact in the U.S. dollar.

Swedbank did not name the U.S. watchdogs. The SEC and Sweden’s financial watchdog declined to comment.

Since allegations first surfaced in February, the bank had repeatedly said it had faith in its anti-money laundering procedures and that suspicious transactions that were identified were reported to authorities.

But acting CEO Anders Karlsson, who took charge at the end of March, admitted on Thursday that previous internal investigations had indicated shortcomings.

He cited reports of certain customers identified in previous money-laundering cases not being flagged, weaknesses in know-your-customer procedures and a lack of reports to the authorities on some suspicious transactions.

“For Swedbank to deserve the trust of customers, authorities, investors, employees and other stakeholders, continuous improvement in our anti-money laundering work is required,” Karlsson told reporters.

Alecta, the banks’s third biggest investor which has criticized its handling of the crisis, praised Thursday’s disclosures, which its CEO Magnus Billing said answered a call for greater transparency made by investors.

“Swedbank is being transparent, cooperating with the authorities and working to restore trust, which is necessary and positive,” he told Reuters.

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-swedbank-results/swedbank-admits-money-laundering-flaws-faces-multiple-u-s-probes-idUSKCN1S10DK

Notable: POTUS speech, working dogs & genetics

Yesterday's speech POTUS again referenced working dogs. He said, " a certain type of German Shepherd.."

The military and police have moved from using German Shepherds in recent years mostly due to bad health of the dogs. The in-breeding has caused them to become riddled with ailments here in the states where the look of the dog is more important.

Talking with k9 officers locally, they told how they are importing their animals now from Europe. At a whopping $7,000 for a 6 month old pup.

They have introduced the Belgian Malinois and the Dutch Shepherd. The Malinois made its debut through our Navy seals and has been adopted into military and police departments nationwide. The dog is keen, lightweight, extremely intelligent, easily trained, powerful, and due to the fact they breed it with other dog breeds, still considered a mutt. However, they have relatively little health problems. On average, compared to German Shepherds, they get 5 more years of service from Malinois and Durchies.

The importance of this, is what POTUS was pointing us to. So far, I have only looked at news for Belgium. Which I think is far more important than Holland. Here's a couple of items that are relevant.

https://www.cnbc.com/amp/2019/04/24/reuters-america-u-s-issues-new-hezbollah-related-sanctions.html

https://news.yahoo.com/anderlecht-belgium-fa-offices-raided-163800107.html

Notable: >>6310809 Judge who helped illegal immigrant escape ICE arrest indicted

=NEWS=

Judge who helped illegal immigrant escape ICE arrest indicted: authorities

https://www.foxnews.com/us/massachusetts-judge-who-helped-illegal-immigrant-escape-ice-arrest-indicted-federal-authorities-say

Notable: Comcast exec and chief lobbyist hosting Creepy Uncle Joe fundraiser (newsbusters)

https://www.newsbusters.org/blogs/nb/kyle-drennen/2019/04/25/comcast-exec-and-chief-lobbyist-hosting-biden-fundraiser

Notable: Canada watchdog to seek court order to force Facebook to follow privacy laws (Nasdaq)

Canada watchdog to seek court order to force Facebook to follow privacy laws

OTTAWA, April 25 (Reuters) - Facebook Inc broke Canadian privacy laws when it collected the information of some 600,000 citizens, a top watchdog said on Thursday, pledging to seek a court order to force the social media giant to change its practices.

Privacy Commissioner Daniel Therrien made his comments while releasing the results of an investigation, opened a year ago, into a data sharing scandal involving Facebook and the now-defunct British political consulting firm Cambridge Analytica.

"Facebook's refusal to act responsibly is deeply troubling given the vast amount of sensitive personal information users have entrusted to this company," said Therrien.

Specifically, the company refused to voluntarily submit to audits of its privacy policies and practices over the next five years, he said.

"The stark contradiction between Facebook's public promises to mend its ways on privacy and its refusal to address the serious problems we've identified - or even acknowledge that it broke the law - is extremely concerning," he added.

Facebook was not immediately available for comment.

The Office of the Privacy Commissioner does not have the power to levy financial penalties, but it can seek court orders to force an entity to follow its recommendations.

It could take a year to obtain a court order, Therrien said.

The investigation revealed there was an "overall lack of responsibility" with people's personal information that means "there is a high risk that" their data "could be used in ways that they do not know or suspect, exposing them to potential harms."

Apart from privacy violations by Facebook, the investigation also highlighted problems with regulating social media.

Facebook's rejection of the watchdog's recommendations revealed "critical weaknesses" in the current legislation, Therrien added, urging lawmakers to give his office more sanctioning power.

"We should not count on all companies to act responsibility and therefore a new law should ensure a third party, a regulator, holds companies responsible," Therrien said.

Canadian Democratic Institutions Minister Karina Gould, who this month said the government might have to regulate Facebook and other social media companies unless they did more to help combat foreign meddling in this October's election, will react later on Thursday, a spokeswoman said.

Facebook said on Wednesday it had set aside $3 billion to cover a settlement with U.S. regulators probing revelations that the company had inappropriately shared information belonging to 87 million of its users with Cambridge Analytica.

https://www.nasdaq.com/article/canada-watchdog-to-seek-court-order-to-force-facebook-to-follow-privacy-laws-20190425-00950

Notable: New C_A instagram account, golden owl spotted

>>6310569

updated with Q post included

Notable: Its Happening! article from Gateway Pundit re Joe DiGenova clip

https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2019/04/its-happening-joe-digenova-john-brennan-will-need-5-attorneys-report-on-james-comey-is-coming-out-in-two-weeks-criminal-referrals-video/

Notable: >>6310591 GCHQ boss Robert Hannigan quits for 'personal reasons' after just two years

>>6310492

British Spy Master Suddenly Quits

GCHQ boss Robert Hannigan quits for 'personal reasons' after just two years

Robert Hannigan, the director of GCHQ, has resigned from his job as head of one of the three Government intelligence agencies after just two years.

GCHQ would only say that Mr Hannigan had left his post for "personal reasons" and that he was not sacked or subject to disciplinary proceedings.

In a letter to the Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson, he hinted that the strain placed on his family by his job had prompted his resignation.

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2017/01/23/breaking-gchq-boss-quits-personal-reasons-just-two-years/

When a Spy Master says he quits to spend more time with his family…..

Notable: @Snowden is on a retweeting frenzy about NSA.

@Snowden is on a retweeting frenzy about NSA. Funny, a day after FOX news interview with Joe Digenova….FISA abuse.

Almost six years after Edward Snowden revealed to the American public that the National Security Agency (NSA) was collecting millions upon millions of telephone records without warrants or cause, the agency itself is calling for an end to the practice.

Officials loudly defended the practice at the time, insisting it all was necessary to keep America safe from terrorists. After a political fight, compromise legislation known as the USA Freedom Act allowed the data collection to continue but kept the information in the hands of the telecom companies and put restrictions on NSA agents' ability to access Americans' phone metadata (essentially everything except the actual content of their conversations).

But the NSA reportedly stopped trying to access these phone records earlier in the year, and now The Wall Street Journal reports that the agency says it doesn't want the program any more. That's a big deal, as the powers granted by the USA Freedom Act are up for renewal this year.

There are a few likely reasons why this is happening. First: Though officials kept insisting that the authority to collect these records was vital to tracking down terrorism, it has yet to be credited for catching any terrorists or stopping any terrorist acts. Second: The NSA has found itself collecting massive amounts of private data that it acknowledges it's not allowed to have, forcing it to purge its records. Third: In the time since the NSA first launched this surveillance—back in 2001, when the PATRIOT Act was passed—smartphone users have shifted away from communicating through voice conversations and are more likely to use apps (particularly encrypted ones) to communicate via texting.

If the USA Freedom Act goes away, that doesn't mean that the federal government will lose all its authority to snoop on Americans. Just last year, Congress and President Donald Trump renewed and expanded the feds' powers under the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act to secretly surveil Americans for wholly domestic criminal matters.

Should the White House accept the NSA's recommendation here and let the USA Freedom Act expire, that makes it all the more important that we pay attention to governments' efforts across the world to force social media platforms and app makers to introduce backdoors to encryption or some other form of structural weakness that would allow government spies to access our private communications without our knowledge.

This fight is heating up now that Australia has passed expansive, intrusive legislation that essentially forces people who work at or run private communication platforms or apps to assist Australian officials in secretly bypassing encryption. Australia has an intelligence-sharing agreement with the United States, so anything it gathers could be passed along to the feds. Microsoft has warned that it may stop storing data in Australia entirely to keep officials there from forcing the company's employees to give them access to private data.

One avenue of secret, unwarranted surveillance appears to be closing. But the struggle to protect our privacy from government snoops is far from over.

After Edward Snowden revealed to the world that the NSA was snooping on Americans, the feds defended the practice. Now the NSA wants to end it.

https://t.co/M6608cpOTQ

Notable: DJT Jr: Part of me isn't surprised to see Creepy Porn Lawyer endorse Creepy Uncle Joe…

Haha Don Jr Trolls just as well as his father KEK

https://twitter.com/DonaldJTrumpJr/status/1121453131995537408

Notable: College professors who identify as Marxists outnumber conservatives.

>>6310184

College professors who identify as Marxists outnumber conservatives.

Source:https://www.academia.org/self-identifying-marxist-professors-outnumber-conservatives-as-college-professors/

Notable: New Snowden twat: First they laugh at you, then they fight you, then…

NEW SNOWDEN TWEET

Check out the wording

First they laugh at you, then they fight you, then… they admit you were right all along and maybe shouldn't have been violating everyone's rights in the first place

https://t.co/Q0acQCEf6s

Notable: >>6310062 Biden says he asked Obama not to endorse him

https://twitter.com/thehill/status/1121441726248386560

Notable: Los Angeles Air Force Base is holding an exercise next week. various scenarios being exercised.

https://twitter.com/AF_SMC/status/1121445174893109248

Notable: >>6309870 DHS twat w/CAP: Consequences for traffickers are real.

Interesting tweet from the DHS.

Notable: Parents' horror as photos of children as young as five appear on Russian 'paedophile website' after perverts harvest images from British schools' Facebook pages

https://mol.im/a/6958583

Notable: Sarah Sanders holding mock briefing with kids as part of Take Our Sons and Daughters to Work Day. VP Pence makes appearence.

https://twitter.com/karentravers/status/1121438396352749568

Notable: US Army twat w/CAP: Go! Go! Go!

Army tweeted "Go!, Go!, Go!"

Note time stamp on video = :23

Notable: Child trafficking ring bust in Houston Suburb. 47 arrested.

Child trafficking ring bust in Houston Suburb. 47 arrest.

“Dozens of people were arrested in an undercover, human-trafficking sting conducted in the Katy area last month, according to local law enforcement officials.

Houston Police Department Sgt. John Wall said during a press conference Wednesday that 22 local, state and federal agencies partnered up for "Operation Tri Point" over the period of March 19-28 to tackle human trafficking in Katy and Fort Bend County.”

https://m.chron.com/neighborhood/katy/news/article/Undercover-human-trafficking-sting-in-Katy-yields-13791608.php

Notable: US Embassy issues threat warning that Sri Lankan authorities are reporting that additional attacks may occur targeting places of worship

https://twitter.com/ELINTNews/status/1121434901574713344

Notable: Britain and China to hold new round of financial talks in London in June

UPDATE 1-Britain and China to hold new round of financial talks in London in June

LONDON, April 25 (Reuters) - Britain and China will hold the next round of their Economic and Financial Dialogue (EFD) in mid-June in London, a British Treasury source said on Thursday after reports suggested that talks had been delayed by diplomatic tension.

The EFD has been used in the past to announce closer cooperation on trade and banking initiatives, and to sign commercial contracts.

The talks were agreed during finance minister Philip Hammond’s visit to China to speak at a summit of China’s Belt and Road Initiative, championed by President Xi Jinping, which envisions rebuilding the old Silk Road to connect China to Asia and beyond with extensive infrastructure investment.

Relations between London and Beijing have been strained in recent years, most notably after a British warship sailed close to islands claimed by China last August.

In that light, Britain will view the agreement of potentially lucrative talks as a success and a step closer to rebuilding the close ties seen earlier in the decade when then-finance minister George Osborne successfully courted Chinese investment.

Earlier on Thursday, Chinese Vice Premier Hu Chunhua expressed regret to Hammond that the South China Sea issue had harmed ties, and that he hoped Britain could “respect China’s core interests and important concerns”.

https://www.reuters.com/article/britain-china-efd-idUSL5N22779I

Notable: Michael Caputo: I was offered Hillary’s emails 5/16 by a US government natsec contractor who said Obama DNI Clapper had her emails.

Interdasting:

I was offered Hillary’s emails 5/16 by a US government natsec contractor who said Obama DNI Clapper had her emails. I turned him down. I told DoJ-IG, Huber, House, Senate, Mueller this - nobody showed any interest. @JudicialWatch @TomFitton @LindseyGrahamSC

CST

https://twitter.com/MichaelRCaputo/status/1121404179141021696

Notable: Macron to hold press conference and announce reform plan in response to Yellow Vest protests

Macron to hold press conference and announce reform plan in response to Yellow Vest protests

French President Emmanuel Macron will today reveal his long-awaited response to almost half a year of street protests in a reform plan that could prove decisive for his presidency and long-term political future.

The Yellow Vests in France and Belgium may be only the tip of the iceberg of a major social upheaval ahead of the European elections, with a common denominator: people protesting their worsening living standards do not want to be represented by the existing political forces.

Tonight, at 6:00 pm (1600 GMT) Macron will hold a formal press conference to announce a series of reforms drawn up after a vast listening exercise he launched in response to the protests.

He is expected to announce important, but not revolutionary reforms, including tax cuts for middle classes, as well as the abolition of the ENA administration school which has become a direct feeder for the French elite.

For Macron, known to favour surprise and the dramatic gesture, the stakes are huge.

“Macron prepares to launch Act 2 of his presidency”, said the Le Figaro newspaper.

Polls show his popularity rating stuck on or even under 30%, a far cry from the heady days after his inauguration almost two years ago when his approval rating was over 60%.

Macron already has his eye on 2022 presidential elections, heavily aware that his two predecessors Nicolas Sarkozy and Francois Hollande only lasted for one term and failed to implement lasting change.

At stake is not just his ambitious agenda to modernise France but his status as a global statesman able to stand up to US President Donald Trump and lead Europe as German Chancellor Angela Merkel steps aside and the UK is bedevilled by Brexit.

While Macron has taken questions abroad from reporters and when foreign dignitaries come to Paris, this will be the first time he holds a full wide-ranging press conference with domestic media in France.

https://voiceofeurope.com/2019/04/macron-to-hold-press-conference-and-announce-reform-plan-in-response-to-yellow-vest-protests/

Notable: anon gives Sri Lanka attack update

COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) — The Latest on the Easter attacks in Sri Lanka (all times local):

7:15 p.m.

The U.S. Embassy in Sri Lanka has tweeted a warning that people should avoid “places of worship” in the island nation over the weekend because of possible extremist attacks.

The embassy in Colombo sent the tweet Thursday night after security was stepped up in the capital city and elsewhere in the country.

The tweet read: “Sri Lankan authorities are reporting that additional attacks may occur targeting places of worship. Avoid these areas over the weekend, starting tomorrow, April 26th through Sunday, April 28th. Continue to remain vigilant and avoid large crowds.”

Police on Thursday appealed to the public for information about three women and one man suspected of involvement in the Easter suicide attacks that killed over 350 people.

___

7 p.m.

The office of Sri Lanka’s president says the country’s defense secretary has resigned following a failure of security forces to stop the Islamic State-claimed suicide bombings on Easter that killed over 350 people.

The office issued a statement Thursday saying that Hemasiri Fernando would continue to serve until his replacement has been appointed.

President Maithripala Sirisena had announced on television Tuesday that he planned to shake up the security forces. On Wednesday, he asked for the resignations of both the defense secretary and the national police chief.

Government leaders have acknowledged that some intelligence units were aware of possible attacks weeks before the bombings Sunday that struck three churches and three luxury hotels.

Sirisena said he had been kept in the dark on intelligence about the planned attacks and vowed to “take stern action” against officials who failed to share it.

___

6:45 p.m.

Sri Lanka’s prime minister has acknowledged to The Associated Press that minority Ahmadi Muslims who are refugees from Pakistan have faced attacks since the Easter bombings.

Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe said Thursday that security forces were trying to help the Ahmadis.

Wickremesinghe said that some people “had become suspicious of foreigners, not of Muslims per se. . In the heat of the moment, a few have been attacked.”

Sunday’s Islamic State-claimed suicide bombings killed over 350 people.

On Thursday, Ahmadis described to the AP how they have faced violence in the time since. About 500 have fled their homes in Negombo and are living some 30 kilometers (20 miles) away under police protection. Others live under police and military protection at the Ahmadi mosque in Negombo….

https://apnews.com/f4ed5cedd5fa4de796b73d4252ee6d04?utm_source=Twitter&utm_medium=AP&utm_campaign=SocialFlow

Notable: AOC twat w/CAP: “Should a nonviolent person stopped w/ a dime bag LOSE the right to vote?” Bc that question reflects WAY more people.

https://twitter.com/AOC/status/1121421715324772354

Notable: New DJT twat w/CAP: I will be interviewed by Sean Hannity tonight at 9:00 PM

https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1121422408420855810

Notable: Juanita Broaddrick trolls Killary: YOU, Hillary Clinton , are DESPICABLE!

>>6309076

Kek:

YOU, @HillaryClinton , are DESPICABLE! You of all people can’t go there after what you put me and dozens of other women through. We were raped and assaulted by your husband and YOU tried to destroy us. Shut the F up!

responding to theWitch:

This is despicable. The Trump administration is not only ceding America’s role as a leader on the human rights of women, it’s actively working against those rights. We all have to work together to right this wrong and undo this damage.

CST

https://twitter.com/atensnut/status/1121414247987273728

Notable: Sharyl Attkisson: CDC head of vaccine safety *also* acknowledging that vaccines may trigger autism in susceptible children.

https://twitter.com/SharylAttkisson/status/1121413989815193600